May 2026 Was Second Warmest on Record Globally Across Land and Sea

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Last month was the second warmest month in the world since records began.

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This May was exceptionally warm globally. An extreme heat wave began early in Europe, accompanied by drought, while other places experienced severe floods.

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May 2026 sets a new global heat record May 2026 has just entered its name in the global climate records. According to data published on Wednesday by the European Union's Copernicus Climate Monitoring Service, the planet has experienced its second warmest month of May ever. Only May 2024 maintains the absolute record in this category. The Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) reveals striking figures: the global average surface air temperature …

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(Xinhua/Li Jing) Brussels, Belgium.- The 2026 is already marking milestones in the heat level, because according to the Climate Change Service ‘Copernicus’ of the European Union, last May was the second warmest ever recorded at the global level, both in the temperature of the air on the surface and in that of the oceans. According to the organism, the average air temperature reached 15.81 degrees Celsius, i.e. 0.55 degrees above the average of 1…

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May this year was the second warmest May ever measured both on land and at sea, according to the EU's climate service Copernicus.