A new December record of 29.9 degrees Celsius was measured in Malaga, southern Spain, on Monday. The summer values shortly before Christmas already bordered on a warm day (by definition from 30 degrees). From a global perspective, the hottest year on record is becoming increasingly likely.
While the fight against climate change was being discussed in the United Arab Emirates, the consequences of global warming are already clearly visible around the world. At almost 30 degrees, the previous extreme at the measuring point at Malaga airport was exceeded by no less than 4.8 degrees.
The number of heat waves in Spain has tripled
As Spain’s national meteorological service Aemet explains, such temperatures would be “much less likely” without the climate changes observed around the world and in Spain. The number of heat waves in Spain has tripled in the past ten years.
The previous maximum temperature on the Spanish mainland for December was 29.4 degrees and was measured in Granada in 2010.
Global temperatures are on their way to a new record
Although temperatures in Europe are currently divided into two parts – large parts are warmer than average, while it is colder than normal in Scandinavia and Russia – the planet is still sweating significantly globally. Temperatures are currently well above average in almost all parts of the world.
This will also be reflected in the annual balance sheet: As the EU Climate Change Agency Copernicus made clear last week, 2023 will be the warmest year since measurements began. The value is currently 1.34 degrees above the average for the pre-industrial years 1850 to 1900.
Source: Krone
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