The global average air temperature in August was 16.96 degrees Celsius, Copernicus said. This was 0.01 degrees Celsius higher than the previous monthly record set in July 2023

Lucknow scored 198 points to finish first, ahead of Indore with 197 and Jabalpur with 195, the government said, adding that the rankings were based on a survey conducted by the Central Pollution Control Board and the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change