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Europe Faces Fastest Warming, Extreme Weather Intensifies

Europe is the continent that is warming up the fastest, according to the EU's climate service. 2024 became a year of contrasts with both drought and flooding.

Europe Faces Fastest Warming, Extreme Weather Intensifies

January was the warmest measured

This year's first month is the warmest January that has been measured so far, according to the EU's climate service Copernicus. .

January was the warmest measured

Heat Record for Almost the Entire Globe

The global heat record for 2024 is now a fact. Last year is, according to the EU's climate service Copernicus, the first where the average temperature is above 1.

Heat Record for Almost the Entire Globe

Already Clear - 2024 the Warmest Year So Far

2024 is the warmest year ever recorded, according to the EU's climate service Copernicus. .

Already Clear - 2024 the Warmest Year So Far

"Almost Certain" – 2024 the Warmest Year

With great likelihood, 2024 will be the warmest year on record, according to the EU's climate service Copernicus. .

"Almost Certain" – 2024 the Warmest Year

Two months of "severe heat stress" in Southern Europe

It became an extremely warm summer in parts of Europe this year, according to the EU's climate service Copernicus. In southeastern Europe, parts of the population were affected by 66 days of severe heat stress, which means temperatures perceived as above 32 degrees.

Two months of "severe heat stress" in Southern Europe

Summer 2024 the Warmest on Record

The summer of 2024 was the warmest so far that the EU's climate service Copernicus has recorded, globally. It is estimated to increase the likelihood that the year as a whole will be the warmest on record.

Summer 2024 the Warmest on Record

The heat trend is broken – after 13 months

For the first time in over a year, the heat record was absent. July 2024 became "only" the second warmest July month ever measured on Earth.

The heat trend is broken – after 13 months