As the Bay Area swelters through a three-day heat wave this week, climate analysts announced Wednesday that August marked the hottest month ever recorded in California and across the world.
A report from climate organizations found global temperatures in August reached 1.65 degrees Celsius higher than levels since before the Industrial Revolution, making it tied with July 2023 as the hottest month in recorded history.
Scientists used a 1.5-degrees-Celsius climate threshold to track warming in comparison to the preindustrial era between 1850 and 1900 — before human activity influenced our climate…