The latest monthly climate assessment for the world as a whole was released a few days ago from NOAA. It shows that this was the third warmest July since global records began in 1880, behind 2024 and 2023. Snow cover in the Northern Hemisphere was lower than average and so was the sea ice coverage in both hemispheres. Tropical activity was higher than usual with 14 named storms over all. You can read more at https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/news/global-climate-202507.
