January was the third warmest on record for Europe, according to the Copernicus Climate Change Monitoring Service, one of the six information services of the European Union’s Earth Observation programme.
Air temperatures were above average in much of Europe, including the Balkan region. An exception is the Iberian Peninsula, where several regions of Spain and northern Portugal registered negative averages.
On the map it is possible to see the variation of global temperatures and in Europe:
The first day of the year, January 1, was the hottest day of the month in Europe:
Only in Siberia, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Australia were temperatures below average.
“Although January 2023 is exceptional, these extreme temperatures remain a tangible indication of the effects of climate change in many regions and can be understood as an additional warning for future extreme events,” said Samantha Burgess, director of the Climate Change Monitoring Service. of Copernicus, mentioned in a press release.
The Copernicus Climate Change Monitoring Service, which collects global data dating back to 1959, is provided by the European Center for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts, an intergovernmental organization.
Source: TSF
