This April was world’s second-hottest on record, EU scientists say

This April was world’s second-hottest on record, EU scientists say

Climate agency also noted that much of Central Europe, Scandinavia and the United Kingdom are grappling with a lack of rainfall.

Thought April was warm? You were right - it was the second-hottest April globally of modern records

It came second only to April 2024.

The temperature recorded in last April was 1.51°C above the estimated average of 1850-1900 used to define the pre-industrial level. In Europe, the average temperature was 9.38°C.

The month of April 2025 was marked as the second hottest April already recorded on the global scale, with an average temperature of 14.96 degrees Celsius. This value represents an increase of 0,60°C...

The month of April 2025 is the second warmest ever recorded and prolongs the month sequences whose temperature has exceeded the bar of +1.5°C of warming compared to the pre-industrial era, announced Thursday the European Observatory for Climate Monitoring Copernicus. ...

Temperatures remain above 1.5C threshold after second hottest April on record

April was the 21st month in the last 22 for which the global average temperature was more than 1.5C above the pre-industrial level. Last month was the second hottest April on record with world temperatures remaining above the key 1.5C threshold for global warming, scientists have said. April 2025 was 0.6C above the 1991-2020 average for the month and 1.51C above pre-industrial levels, according to the EU’s Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S)…