Europe is experiencing the third hottest month of June in the world

This month of June 2022 is a historic month, but not in a really good way. According to data from the European Climate Change Service Copernicusreleased on Thursday, is 3rd hottest June Known all over the world, after 2019 and 2021.

The global average temperature for June was about 0.31°C higher than the average recorded between 1991 and 2020. In Europe, it was the second warmest June on record, with a temperature of about 1.6°C on average. June 2019 is the warmest June ever recorded on the Old Continent.

More frequent and intense heat waves in the coming years

Copernicus refers specifically to Maximum temperatures recorded in Spain to Italy. “Southwest Europe, which experienced its first heat wave in the second half of May, experienced another period of exceptional temperatures four weeks later that peaked on June 17,” the statement said.

In addition to this region, countries such as France, Japan and the United States also experienced strong heat waves. On the contrary, in Greenland and most of South America, the study reports lower temperatures.

We expect heat waves similar to those we have seen this year become more frequent and more severe In the coming years, both in Europe and elsewhere”, estimates the Director of the Copernicus Climate Change Service, Carlo Bontempo, in light of these data. “It is especially important to make reliable data available to the public so that everyone can follow these trends and be better prepared,” he adds. for what’s to come.”