00:01August was the hottest month on record, tied with July 2023, according to data published on Thursday by the European
00:10Climate Observatory, Copernicus.
00:13The global average air temperature was 1.65 degrees Celsius above the pre-industrial reference value.
00:20August was the first month since November 2025 to exceed 1.5 degrees Celsius, the limit set by the Paris
00:29Agreement on Climate Change.
00:31The extra-polar oceans also broke a record for their average temperature last month due to global warming, Copernicus points
00:39out.
00:39The average temperature reached 21.07 degrees Celsius in August, the highest ever recorded for that month, surpassing the record
00:48set in 2023.
00:50For the European continent specifically, these figures mark the end of the hottest summer ever recorded in Western Europe, with
00:59prolonged intense and early heat waves beginning as early as May.
01:03For the region, the summer of 2026 broke the record set during the same period in 2003.
01:10The continent also suffered from widespread drought, with exceptionally low water levels in rivers such as the Rhine, the Danube,
01:19the Vistula, the Rhône and the Po.
01:21The drier-than-average conditions also led to numerous wildfires in several regions across Europe.
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