> And the annual variation in temperature of ~50 degrees C many places on earth does not really support it.

Ummm, hello? so "most anomalously hot month ever" does not suggest a change in the underlying system??

Would you predict that handrails in Arizona now can give 3rd degree burns? https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/24/health/arizona-heat-burns-er/...

Because I remember conversations like this when I was growing up:

"Mommy, can I go to the playground?" "No, Johnny, the slide will fry your ass"