In the last 25 months, last month was only the fourth in which the average global temperature did not exceed pre-industrial levels at 1.5 ° C
The month of July was the third most warm since it is registered, breaking the sequence of records of the same month, according to the copernicus service, which warns that this does not mean that climate change has slowed.
According to the latest monthly copernicus bulletin, the average air-registered air temperature in July was 16.68 ° C (degrees Celsius), 0.45 ° C above average of the 1991-2020 and 1.25 ° C above estimates for the 1850-1900 pre-industrial period.
These records made last month 0.27 ° C colder than July 2023, the hottest of which there is registration, and 0.23 ° C cooler than July 2024, the second warmest of which there is record.
Data from the Climate Change Monitoring Service of the European Union Observation Program of Earth Copernicus (C3S) indicate that in the last 25 months last month was only the fourth in which the average global temperature did not exceed pre-industrial levels at 1.5 ° C.
“Two years after the hottest July, the recent series of global temperature records has passed – for now. But that does not mean that climate change has stopped,” said Carlo Buontempo, director of C3S.
Buhethopus stressed that the effects of global warming are still felt in phenomena such as extreme heat and catastrophic floods recorded in July.
“Unless we quickly stabilize greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere, we should expect not only new temperature records, but also an aggravation of the effects, and we should prepare for it,” he warned.
In Europe, July was the fourth most hot month, with temperatures 1.30 ° C above the levels observed between 1991 and 2020.
The highest temperatures were recorded on the Scandinavian peninsula, where historical heat waves occurred in Sweden and Finland, while numerous forest fires triggered in southeastern Europe and Turkey registered a national record of 50.5 ° C.
In contrast, temperatures in Central Europe, western Russia and parts of Spain, were below normal.
Outside Europe, temperatures were higher than normal in China and Japan and remained below normal levels in parts of Antarctica, Americas, India, Australia and in some areas of Africa.
According to an analysis by the France Presse agency (AFP) based on data from the European Drought Observatory (EDO), more than half of Europe and the Mediterranean region were affected by drought during July 11 to 19, 2025.
This rate of 51.9%, 21 points above the 2012-2024 average, is the highest recorded for this time of year since the beginning of the observations in 2012.
The proportion of affected soils remains stable compared to the first 10 days of July.
The copernicus drought indicator, based on satellite observations, combines three parameters: precipitation, soil moisture and vegetation condition. It is divided into three drought levels (surveillance, warning, alert).
East Europe and Balkans are particularly affected. In Serbia, where almost all soils (99%) are soaked, the alert rate reached 68%.
More than half of the soils of Hungary, Bulgaria and Romania are also on alert, with rates of 63%, 52%and 51%, respectively.
In Western Europe, the situation worsened compared to the first ten days of July. With 21% of its warning soils, the UK continues to face severe drought after a historically hot spring.
This drought helps to feed the fireworks, such as the historical and deadly fire that launched Tuesday in the department of Aude, in southern France, which only in 24 hours consumed 16,000 hectares of vegetation.
