So far this year, the global average temperature is 0.7 degrees Celsius higher than the 1991-2020 average, which is the highest level on record.
Therefore, according to Copernicus, 2024 is likely to be the hottest year on record globally, externalEU climate services.
Until last year, global average temperatures had not reached record highs.
Across the world, we are seeing the effects of heat waves and extreme weather.
“The extreme temperature-related events witnessed this summer are only going to get more intense,” said Copernicus deputy director Samantha Burgess.
Across Europe, summer temperature records are being broken. Austria has had its hottest weather ever.
Spain experienced its hottest August on record, Finland was tied for the hottest and Switzerland was the second hottest.
While high temperatures across Europe were concentrated in the south and east, cooler temperatures were seen in the Republic of Ireland, the UK, western Portugal, Iceland and southern Norway.
