Crossing Paris Climate Target 'only a Matter of Time'
Record sea temperatures and low river flows disrupted navigation, agriculture and water supplies across Europe, Copernicus said.
- The Copernicus Climate Change Service reported on Monday that September 2026 was the world's second warmest on record, with global temperatures reaching 1.63°C above pre-industrial levels for the second consecutive month.
- Copernicus director Carlo Buontempo warned that "exceptionally high temperatures" across Europe reflect a new pattern, stating we are in "a new run of months above 1.5 degrees Celsius" with El Niño intensifying into 2027.
- Western Europe recorded its joint-warmest September at 2.51°C above average, while The Arctic monthly sea ice extent stood approximately 10% below average and Antarctic sea ice reached its third-lowest winter maximum.
- Prolonged dry conditions caused record-low river flows in the Rhine, Danube, Vistula, and Garonne-Dordogne, disrupting navigation, agriculture, and water supplies across Europe including Spain, Portugal, and Italy.
- Researcher Mika Rantanen said "current estimates suggest that the 1.5-degree threshold will be reached more permanently towards the end of this decade," as scientists expect elevated temperatures to intensify into 2027.
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September was the warmest month ever measured for Western Europe since the start of the weather records, reports the EU Climate Service. It was the second warmest worldwide. In large parts of Western and Central Europe the drought had stopped, in many places with consequences for shipping, water supply and agriculture, reports the climate service.
September was world's second warmest on record as temperatures exceeded 1.5°C
September 2026 was the world's second warmest September on record, with global temperatures reaching 1.63°C above pre-industrial levels for the second consecutive month, according to data released on Monday by the EU's Copernicus Climate Change Service. The global average temperature reached 16.27°C, exceeding the 1991–2020 September average by 0.82°C. Only September 2023 was warmer, by 0.11°C.
The overall average surface air temperature was 16.27°C, which is 0.82°C above normal.
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