Given the heat waves in this country, it is not surprising that the summer months in Europe this year were the warmest since the measurements started. This was announced by the EU climate service Copernicus on Thursday. According to Copernicus’ report.
Especially in the southwest of the continent, where temperatures were already high in June and July, they were significantly higher in August than in the reference period from 1991 to 2020. But also in the east they were above average.
In addition, August this year was generally much drier than the average in Western Europe and parts of the East. In contrast, more than usual precipitation fell in the southeast of the continent, Greece and Turkey and large parts of Scandinavia.
Record broken from last year
“An intense series of heatwaves across Europe, combined with unusually dry conditions, has led to a summer of extremes with record temperatures, drought and forest fires in many parts of Europe (…),” said Copernicus scientist Freja Vamborg, according to the release. .
The data from the climate service showed that August was not only the warmest on record, but all summer also broke the record of this only one-year-old period, Vamborg continues.
Copernicus’ data dates back to 1979. The Climate Change Service also uses data from ground stations, balloons, aircraft and satellites dating back to 1950.
Source: Krone
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