US EditionJune was hottest on record in western Europe: EU monitor
FRANCE, JUL 9 – The Copernicus Climate Change Service reported June 2025 as the hottest month on record in Western Europe amid back-to-back heatwaves and record sea surface temperatures.
- An AFP analysis found that June 2025 saw unprecedented high temperatures across twelve countries spanning Europe and Asia, impacting close to 800 million people.
- The record heat resulted from persistent heat domes trapping warm air, causing two major heatwaves from June 17–22 and June 30–July 2 across western and southern Europe.
- Wildfires raged in Spain, France, and Catalonia amid extreme heat, with firefighters battling blazes burning thousands of acres and local authorities imposing lockdowns for safety.
- Copernicus revealed June temperatures averaged 1.3°C above pre-industrial levels, with surface heat reaching up to 46°C in Spain and Portugal, and EU climate lead Burgess calling the impact "exceptional."
- The event highlights increasing climate risks as record heatwaves become more frequent, stressing the urgency to limit warming to 1.5°C to avoid major environmental changes.
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According to Copernicus, the first heat wave, from 17 to 22 June, left temperatures above 40°C in many areas. In the second wave, from 30 June to 2 July, there were even more extreme peaks. In Spain and Portugal it notes that up to 46°C were reached. The two events were dominated by persistent high pressure systems, known as domes or heat domes that blocked the passage of cold fronts and generated clear skies, low humidity and intense solar radi…
'June was hottest on record in western Europe'
Western Europe sweltered through its hottest June on record last month, as "extreme" temperatures blasted the region in punishing back-to-back heatwaves, the EU climate monitor Copernicus said Wednesday. Globally, this past June was the third warmest on record, continuing a blistering heat streak in recent years as the planet warms as a result of humanity's emissions of greenhouse gases. The previous hottest June was in 2024 and the second hotte…
Deadly weather events from Texas to Yorkshire
We have seen the hottest June on record in Western Europe with deadly wildfires in Turkey plus others in Greece, Spain, Serbia and France. For every 1 degree Celsius rise in global average temperature, the air can hold 7 per cent more moisture, which causes rainfall events to become more extreme. And it’s not just Texas that has seen heavy rain and flooding. In neighbouring New Mexico, homes have been swept away in the last 24 hours.
The climate service Copernicus confirms: In June there was a record heat in Western Europe. Germany was not spared either. A weather column of Dominik Jung.
Scientists estimate that last month was the hottest June on record in Western Europe. Europe is heating up several times faster than the global average.
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The global average surface air temperature in June was 16.46 °C, 0.47 degrees above the 1991-2020 average for the month. On Wednesday, the EU-funded Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) confirmed that June 2025 was the world’s third-warmest June on record, trailing only 2023 and 2024. RELATED: Texas Flooding is ‘Act of God,’ Says White House Press Secretary The global average surface air temperature in June was 16.46 degrees Celsius, 0.47 deg…
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