If August felt like the hottest month on Earth … you’re right

By Andrew Freedman, CNN (CNN) — Earth just had its hottest August on record and tied the benchmark for the hottest month ever recorded since at least 1940, according to the Copernicus Climate Change Service, a European climate monitoring agency. The global average temperature during August was 62.53 degrees Fahrenheit (16.96 Celsius), which was 1.53