Western Europe Records Hottest June in History

Globally, only June 2024 was warmer. Copernicus states that this demonstrates how significantly the climate is changing, and that oceans around the world are warmer than ever before. These records show that the climate system continues to accumulate heat, leading to increasingly intense heatwaves, prolonged warm oceans, and growing risks for people, ecosystems, and infrastructure across Europe and the world. This June was 1.39 degrees Celsius warmer than the