2023 was the warmest year on record for Romania, with an average temperature of 12.5 degrees and a temperature deviation of 2.3 degrees compared to the norm for the period 1981-2010. At the same time, the interval 2012-2023 becomes the warmest period in 12 consecutive years in the history of meteorological measurements, according to the National Weather Service. The warmest year on record also saw the warmest Christmas, with an afternoon high of 17 degrees Celsius and the Calafat weather station recording nearly 21 degrees, a six-year record temperature.

“The year 2023 is the warmest in the history of Romania with an average temperature of 12.5 degrees and a temperature deviation of 2.3 degrees compared to the norm of the period 1981-2010. At the same time, the period 2012-2023 becomes the warmest period in According to the National Meteorological Administration (ANM), 12 consecutive years in the history of meteorological measurements.

According to the Copernicus climate change service, 2023 was also the hottest year ever recorded at the European level, and scientists warn that with global warming, periods of severe drought will continue as greenhouse gas emissions increase,” the Ministry of Natural Resources said. , via a press release cited by News.ro.

The institution shows that the current global warming trend is the result of human activity (more than 95% probability) and is occurring at an unprecedented rate.

The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said at the UN climate summit in Dubai, COP28, that the extreme conditions recorded in 2023 “have left an imprint of devastation and despair”, noting also that the pace of climate change has “increased”. alarmingly” , the period 2011-2020 is the warmest decade on record. The average temperature on the surface of the globe reached a record level in the first 11 months of the year, according to the European observer Copernicus: from January to November, the mercury column was on average 1.46 degrees Celsius higher than between 1850 and 1900. As a result, 2023 was the warmest year ever recorded in terms of annual averages. Record temperatures were recorded in every month, with November ending the warmest boreal autumn in northern hemisphere, in modern times,” the Ministry of Natural Resources notes.

In Romania, the hottest year on record also had the warmest Christmas. The maximum temperature during the day was 17 degrees Celsius, and almost 21 degrees was recorded at the Kalafat weather station, which is a temperature record for the past six years. A mass of tropical air entered our country from the south of the continent, so very high temperatures were reached in December.

Saturday, October 21, was unusually warm, with records at 129 stations in our country for the most recent history, since measurements were taken, said the cited source.