The average temperatures were “the highest, both for the month of August and the whole summer”, exceeding 0.4 ° C those of 2021, previous record, underlines the study.
Le Monde with AFP
The summer of 2022, marked by several heat waves and a serious drought linked to global warming, was the warmest recorded in Europe, announced, Thursday, September 8, the European service on climate change Copernicus.
The average temperatures were “the highest, both for the month of August and the whole summer”, exceeding for the three months (from June to August) of 0.4 ° C those of 2021, Previous record, said Copernicus in a window Communiqué . They were “about 1.34 ° C above the 1991-2020 average for the season,” added Copernicus. For the only month of August, the temperatures were “by far the highest” recorded, “at 1.72 ° C above the average 1991-2020”.
august #temperature highlights from #copernicusclimate change service:
Last Month WAS:
🌡GLOBALLY 0.3 ° C WARMER THAN… https://t.co/zyqtsml1m7
– copernicusecmwf (@copernicus ecmwf)
unusual dryness
In the press release, Freja Vamborg, scientific manager of the European Institute, explains:
“An intense series of heat waves across Europe, coupled with unusual drought conditions, has led to a summer of extreme, with records in terms of temperatures, drought and fires.”
“Drought and fires in many regions of Europe have affected society and nature in various ways,” she noted, recalling that “the previous record only dated a year”.
Western Canada and United States regions have also experienced “exceptionally high” temperatures, said Copernicus. Antarctic has seen significantly higher and lower temperature regions than the average distributed over and around the continent, “as is often the case”, specifies Copernicus.
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