The summer of 2023 is the hottest summer ever worldwide. This was announced by the European Copernicus Institute for Climate on Wednesday.
The global average temperature in the months of June, July and August was 16.77 degrees this year. That’s 0.66 degrees warmer than normal for those months.
In Europe, the average temperature was 19.63 degrees. And that temperature was 0.83 degrees higher than normal. This made the summer of 2023 the fifth warmest summer in European history.
The high temperatures led to a number of major heat waves and forest fires in European countries. Meanwhile, Western Europe and Turkey experienced above average rainfall.
In some parts of the world, including northern North America, parts of Asia, Chile and Brazil, people have been ravaged by torrential rains and floods.
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The warmest June, July and August on record
Several heat records have already been broken this summer. The three summer months separately were June, July and August, the warmest on record. July 2023 is the warmest month on record worldwide.
The entire year of 2023 is not yet the warmest year on record. This year, the global average temperature is still 0.01 degrees lower than the average temperature for all of 2016. But with just under four months to go, this record could still be broken.
“The scientific evidence is overwhelming,” says Samantha Burgess, a Copernican climatologist. “We will see more climate records and extreme weather affecting communities and ecosystems until we stop greenhouse gas emissions.”
