Twelve European countries, including Hellasbroke them monthly temperature record in 2022 as the continent experienced warmer summer her. Of the 27 European countries analyzed by the British Guardian newspaper, 12 experienced the hottest temperature for at least one month in 2022. In each case, the deviations were more than 1.9 degrees Celsius above the average recorded between 1991 and 2020 gg.

climate change agency Copernicus The EU released new data yesterday showing that last year was the second warmest year on record and last summer was the hottest. The greatest increase in temperature is observed in late summer, October and December. In Austria, the average for last October was 3.3 degrees Celsius higher than the average for the same month in the period 1991-2020.

France and Slovenia also saw a 3 degree Celsius difference in the same month, while Croatia and Greece saw a 3 degree Celsius increase in December.

Extended heat waves across northern and western Europe with drought across much of the continent and the worst summer fires in 15 years.

Last year, Italy was warmer all year round except for two months. He recorded their highest monthly deviation in three different months: May, October and December.

Spain and Portugal set monthly deviation records three times. In 2022, Northern and Western Europe experienced prolonged and intense heatwaves. Much of the continent experienced drought and the summer fires were the worst in 15 years. It was the 5th warmest year globally, according to Copernicus, and the past eight years have been the 8th warmest on record. The global temperature was 1.2 degrees Celsius warmer than during the period 1850-1900.

This rise is not universal, as La Niña has caused cooler temperatures in the Pacific, meaning that Australia and South America will generally be cooler than average in 2022. However, temperatures have been much higher in the Northern Hemisphere, especially in the Arctic and Europe, as they are rising twice as fast in Europe and four times as fast in the Arctic.

Samantha Burgess, Associate Director of Copernicus, says it’s important to look at the broader trends represented by climate change data: while 2022 was somewhat cooler than 2021, it was still a warm year, meaning 2015 to 2022 we are experiencing the eighth warmest year on record. And although since 2015 we have seen temperatures more than 1 degree Celsius above the pre-industrial average, only one year between 1940 and 2014 has reached these levels. “We are very close to the 1.5 degree Celsius limit of the Paris Agreement,” he warns.