The Summer of 2026 Was the Hottest on Record for Europe
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August's temperature data confirm what many have guessed: the summer was too warm worldwide, in Western Europe it even exceeded the 2003 heat-summer. According to the EU Climate Service, this is due to two developments.
The summer of 2026 was the hottest summer in the history of Western Europe, as reported by the EU Climate Change Service Coernicus.
The end of the summer in Western Europe was the warmest in the history of meteorological observations, exceeding the temperature records of the anomalous hot season of 2003, reported by the Earth's remote sensing and mapping service Copernicus. The past summer was considered the hottest for Western Europe during the entire period of meteorological observations, transmitting TASS with reference to the service's report. The August figures coincide…
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Western Europe has experienced its warmest summer on record, and August was the warmest month ever recorded across the planet, with a global average temperature 1.65ºC above pre-industrial values. This is according to the latest report from the European Copernicus program.
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