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Earth's average temperature matches record high for third day in a row
The San Antonio Fire spreads uphill west of Petaluma, California, Friday, June 30, 2023

EARTH’S average temperature remained at a record high on Wednesday, after two days in which the planet reached unofficial records, the latest marker in a series of climate-change-driven extremes.

The average global temperature was 17.18°C, according to the University of Maine's climate reanalyser, a tool that uses satellite data and computer simulations to measure the world’s condition. 

That matched a record set on Tuesday of 17.18°C, and came after a previous record of 17.01°C was set on Monday.

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