The summer of 2022, marked by several heat waves and a strong drought linked to global warming, was the hottest on record in Europe, as published on Thursday by the climate change service of the European Copernicus program.
The average temperatures were “the highest, both in the month of August and in the entire summer”, exceeding the temperatures of 2021 by 0.4 ° C in the three months, which were already the previous record, the service said about the changes. of the European Union (EU) Copernicus Earth Observation Program in a press release.
The European institute added that temperatures were “about 1.34°C above the 1991-2020 average for the season.” [verão]”.
In the month of August alone, temperatures were “by far the highest” on record, “with 1.72°C above the 1991-2020 average.”
“An intense series of heat waves across Europe, coupled with unusual drought conditions, led to a summer of extremes, with record temperatures, droughts and fires,” said Freja Vamborg, scientific director of the European institute.
“Droughts and fires in many parts of Europe have affected society and nature in many ways,” he noted, noting that “the previous record was only one year old.”
Source: TSF
