According to data from the European Earth Observation Program, the first days of June were the hottest since measurements began. “The world just experienced its warmest early June on record,” deputy director of the Copernicus (C3S) Earth Observation Program (C3S), Samantha Burgess, said Thursday. The global average temperature in the first days of June was “by far the highest” for early June since 1950.
The global average daily temperature was therefore about 0.4 degrees higher on June 8 and 9 than on the same days in comparable hot years. According to the data, the temperature increase in early June also temporarily exceeded the 1.5 degree mark compared to the pre-industrial era. According to Copernicus, the measured temperature was at or above the 1.5 degree limit worldwide between June 7 and June 11, and even around 1.69 degrees on June 9.
Copernicus: “Every fraction of a degree counts”
At the 2015 World Climate Conference in Paris, the international community agreed to limit global warming to well below two degrees, but if possible to 1.5 degrees compared to the pre-industrial era. “Every fraction of a degree is important to avoid even more serious consequences of the climate crisis,” said Burgess.
Experts attribute the temperature increase in June to the weather phenomenon El Niño, which can lead to more extreme weather. An emergence of the weather phenomenon characterized by warming surface waters in the Pacific Ocean has been expected for some time.
El Niño occurs every two to seven years and can further increase global temperatures. The weather phenomenon usually leads to severe drought in Australia, Indonesia and parts of South Asia, while it causes heavier precipitation in some regions of Africa and South America, the southern United States and Central Asia. El Niño last occurred in 2018 and 2019.
Source: Krone
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