Record high temperatures - Western Europe records hottest June and July on record
Western Europe experienced its hottest June and July on record, according to data released on Monday by the EU's Copernicus Climate Change Service. The average temperature across the region for the two-month period reached 21.62 degrees Celsius, breaking the previous record set in 2022.
Extreme temperatures have contributed to prolonged droughts, large fires and new national temperature records across the region, as well as thousands of predicted heat-related deaths. Europe is the fastest-warming continent in the world, although temperatures vary considerably, with Eastern Europe and Scandinavia experiencing much colder conditions. For Europe as a whole, July was only the 11th warmest on record, with an average temperature of 20.49 degrees Celsius.
Conditions were drier than average across large parts of Europe in July, including Spain and other areas of the Iberian Peninsula, France, Germany, Austria, Hungary and the United Kingdom.
Ireland and parts of Iceland also experienced exceptionally dry conditions. Soil moisture in Western Europe was significantly lower than in July 2022, when the region last experienced a severe drought.
River flows were also extremely low, with the Seine, Rhine and Danube among the hardest-hit waterways. Low water levels have disrupted transportation, irrigation and power generation in several European countries.
Copernicus also reported a record for global sea surface temperatures in July. The average temperature in the oceans outside the polar regions reached 20.96 degrees Celsius, surpassing the previous July record of 20.89 degrees set in 2023.
Globally, July was the second warmest on record, tied with July 2024. The global average surface air temperature was 16.90 degrees Celsius, about 1.47 degrees above the pre-industrial average of 1850-1900. July 2023 remains the warmest on record, with an average temperature of 16.95 degrees.
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