TOI reports that Israel was set to go through yet another searing heat wave starting on Saturday, with rises in temperature and humidity throughout the country.

Tel Aviv could expect 31-32°C (88-89°F), with Jerusalem at 36°C (97°F) and temperatures in Eilat, Tiberias and Beit Shean crossing 40°C (104°F).

Temperatures were expected to rise even further on Sunday, though scattered showers were also possible. Monday will see the heat abate only slightly, with further relief later in the week.

Medical officials urged the public to avoid the sun during peak hours, drink plenty of water and give particular attention to children and the elderly.

Earlier this week the European climate monitoring organization officially confirmed that July was Earth’s hottest month on record by a wide margin.

July’s global average temperature of 16.95°C (62.51°F) was a third of a degree Celsius (six-tenths of a degree Fahrenheit) higher than the previous record set in 2019, Copernicus Climate Change Service, a division of the European Union’s space program, announced Tuesday.

Normally global temperature records are broken by hundredths or a tenth of a degree, so this margin is unusual.

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