{
  "id": 258918,
  "title": "Is it really the hottest day ever?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/07/is-it-really-the-hottest-day-ever",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-07T08:36:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "DW News",
    "slug": "dw-news",
    "url": "https://www.dw.com/en/is-it-really-the-hottest-day-ever/a-78264330?maca=en-rss-en-all-1573-rdf"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Every time a new heat record is broken, skepticism follows. How do scientists know a day or a summer was really the hottest on record or that a heat wave was historic? DW has the answers.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}