Heat record 2024: Europe's temperatures continue to increase unchecked

Heat record 2024: Europe's temperatures continue to increase unchecked

A new report by the Copernicus climate converter brings alarming messages: the summer of 2024 has been the hottest since the start of the recordings. While some regions of Europe experienced cooler temperatures in August, climate change seems to be unstoppable, with the global temperatures rise drastically. The core data of this survey show that the summer 2024 was with a global average temperature of 0.69 degrees above the reference values from 1991 to 2020.

The data that supports the Copernicus service comes from a comprehensive collection of billions of measurements that capture satellites, ships, planes and weather stations from all over the world. This gives the statement on global warming a special weighting and a scientifically sound background.

Europe's warmest summer

It is particularly noteworthy that Europe was also affected by the heat. The warmest summer has also been recorded here since the beginning of the records, with average temperatures, which were 1.54 degrees over the period from 1991 to 2020. The data prove an alarming tendency: the August of the current year reached an average temperature of 16.82 degrees Celsius, which is 1.51 degrees above the pre -industrial level.

difficulties in compliance with the climate goals

The current year is taking a record again: The average global temperature anomaly since the beginning of the year is 0.7 degrees above the average of the reference period from 1991 to 2020, a value that has never been so high in the history of measurements. However, in order to avoid a record year in a negative sense, the deviation for the remaining months would have to drop by at least 0.3 degrees - a challenge whose fulfillment seemed impossible in the past.

The deputy director of the Copernicus climate wall service, Samantha Burgess, emphasizes the urgency of the situation. According to its statements, the earth not only experienced the hottest June last year, but also the hottest August and the hottest boreal summer. This heat development poses the likelihood that 2024 will be the warmest year ever.

Europe also shows regional differences in temperatures. While the rest of the continent initially suffered from heat stress, there were also cold declines, especially in the northwestern parts such as Ireland, the United Kingdom and Iceland, where the temperatures remained below average.

Overall, Copernicus' report shows a worrying development for climate change that cannot be ignored. The extreme temperatures and the multitude of temperature records have raised serious questions about future climate and environmental policy in recent months, while pressure is growing to take measures to contain warming.