Month, which had temperature 1.30 ° C above the pre-industrial average, recorded thermal extremes in Western Europe for two consecutive heat waves
Last month was the hottest June ever recorded in Western Europe, with “extreme” temperatures that plagued the continent for two Consecutive and early, the copernicus European service announced on Wednesday. In the world, last month was the third most warm June, behind June 2024 and almost at the same level as June 2023, according to the which recorded for the third consecutive year a series of average temperatures never seen before in the annals, while the planet warms due to human greenhouse gas emissions.
The month of June 2024 had an average of +0.2 ° C, while the 2023 was +0.06 ° C, the second most important record. According to AFP calculations based on copernicus data, 12 countries and approximately 790 million inhabitants of the planet experienced their warmer month of June in 2025. This was the case of Japan, northern and southern Koreas, as well as Pakistan and Tajiquistan.
*With information from AFP
