“That heat wave was only detected and factored into average global temperature because of satellite coverage of the globe. But satellite coverage didn’t begin until 1979. So similar heat waves that may have occurred before 1979 would be unknown and not factored into average global temperature calculations. So it is not possible to claim that July 2023 was the “hottest month in the history of civilization” because such data does not exist”
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2023/08/11/climate-fact-check-july-2023-edition/
Facts are irrelevant. Only the narrative matters.
From NOAA, the climate.gov website:
“Modern human civilization, with its permanent agriculture and settlements, has developed over just the past 10,000 years or so. The period has generally been one of low temperatures and relative global (if not regional) climate stability. Compared to most of Earth’s history, today is unusually cold;”
https://www.climate.gov/news-features/climate-qa/whats-hottest-earths-ever-been#:~:text=Earth
“Keeping in mind that July is typically the warmest month of every year, NASA satellite data indicate that July 2023 was the warmest July in the satellite record. But that record only dates back to 1979 and there certainly were July’s before 1979.” We had July’s before 1979? Well, what do you know about that.
A localized warming in Antarctica is probably localized CO2 concentration from all of the traffic jams there.