JEDDAH/MIAMI: The General Presidency of Meteorology and Environment (PME) said that Jeddah is in for hot temperatures, usual in Saba weather.

The PME added that eastern-northern winds led to an increase in temperatures in Jeddah, especially in the eastern parts, where temperatures registered 50 degrees Celsius in the shade.

The PME has announced in its forecast that the weather will be extremely hot during the noon in the eastern, middle and northern parts of the Kingdom as well as Madinah, Makkah and Tabuk.

The heat will be accompanied by dusty gusts affecting visibility, and the coastal parts will have high humidity.

The world broke new heat records in July, marking the hottest month in history and the warmest first seven months of the year since modern record-keeping began in 1880, US authorities said Thursday.

The findings by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration showed a troubling trend, as the planet continues to warm due to the burning of fossil fuels, and scientists expect the scorching temperatures to get worse.

“The world is warming. It is continuing to warm. That is being shown time and time again in our data,” said Jake Crouch, physical scientist at NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information.

“Now that we are fairly certain that 2015 will be the warmest year on record, it is time to start looking at what are the impacts of that? What does that mean for people on the ground?” he told reporters.

The previous record for July was set in 1998.

“This was also the all-time highest monthly temperature in the 1880-2015 record,” said NOAA in its monthly climate report.

“The first seven months of the year (January-July) were also all-time record warm for the globe,” NOAA said.

When scientists looked at temperatures for the year-to-date, they found land and ocean surfaces were 1.53 F (0.85 C) above the 20th century average.

Scientists also calculated the rate of temperature increase for July at an average of 1.17 F (0.65 C) percentury.

Large parts of the Earth were much warmer than average, including Africa which saw its second hottest July on record.

Parts of eastern Scandinavia and western Russia, eastern and southern Asia and scattered areas in central and northern North America were cooler than average.

— with input from agencies