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Berlin.- The Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), the climate monitoring part of Europe’s space programme, reported on Monday that June was the thirteenth consecutive warmest month globally since records began.
Global temperatures in June were higher than any June on record, with an average surface temperature of 16.66°C, 0.67°C above the average temperature for the month from 1991-2020 and 0.14°C above the previous record set in June 2023.
It was the 13th hottest month in a row on record, according to the monthly bulletin released Monday by the Bonn, Germany-based agency.
Although unusual, a similar global monthly temperature record was seen in 2015/2016.
On the other hand, the June temperature was 1.5 °C higher than the average June temperature during the pre-industrial reference period 1850-1900.
As a result, the global average temperature over the past 13 months reached the highest level on record, 0.76°C above the average temperature for 1991-2020 and 1.64°C above the pre-industrial average temperature for 1850-2020.
In Europe in particular, June this year was the second warmest June on record, 1.57 degrees above the average temperature between 1991 and 2020.
Temperatures were above average in southeastern Africa and the Anatolian Peninsula, while they remained near or below average in western Europe, Iceland, and northwestern Russia.
As for other continents, the areas with the most above-average temperatures were Mexico, Brazil, the western United States, eastern Canada, northern Siberia, the Middle East, North Africa and western Antarctica.
In contrast, temperatures in the equatorial eastern Pacific remain below average, suggesting that the La Niña weather phenomenon is developing.
However, temperatures over the ocean remain abnormally high in many areas.
In the area between 60 degrees south latitude and 60 degrees north latitude, the sea surface temperature in June was 20.85℃, the highest temperature ever recorded for this month.
“June marked the 13th consecutive month of record-breaking global temperatures and the 12th consecutive month with temperatures exceeding 1.5 degrees above pre-industrial levels,” said Carlo Buontempo, director of C3S.
He added: “This is not just a statistical oddity, but highlights the relevant and ongoing changes taking place in our climate.” EFE/Infrared
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