The world experienced its hottest summer in 2024.

The Copernicus satellite monitoring system of the European Union (EU) announced that the summer of 2024 has been recorded as the "hottest summer" worldwide without disrupting its current HTML. According to Copernicus, August 2024 became the hottest August globally, surpassing the 1991-2020 reference average by 0.71 degrees. The temperature measured globally for June-August 2024 exceeded the 1991-2020 average by 0.69 degrees and surpassed the record set in June-August 2023 by 0.66 degrees.

Thus, this summer was characterized as the "hottest summer" globally. The summer of 2024 also became the hottest for Europe, surpassing the 1991-2020 average by 1.54 degrees and the previous record in 2022 by 1.34 degrees.

EUROPE AND OTHER REGIONS

This summer, temperatures in Europe were above average in the south and east, but below average in the northwest of Ireland and the United Kingdom, Iceland, the western coast of Portugal, and the south of Norway. Outside of Europe, temperatures were above average in the eastern part of Antarctica, Texas, Mexico, Canada, northeastern Africa, Iran, China, Japan, and Australia. Temperatures were below average in the eastern part of Russia and Alaska, the eastern part of the United States, the southern part of South America, Pakistan, and the Sahel region. While the western and northern parts of Europe experienced more rainfall than average during the summer of 2024, the majority of the Mediterranean region and the eastern part of Europe experienced drier conditions throughout the season.

"WILL LEAD TO MORE DEVASTATING CONSEQUENCES"

The report included the statement of Samantha Burgess, Deputy Director of the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S): "In the past three months, the world has experienced the hottest June and August, the hottest day on record, and the hottest summer on record. This series of record temperatures increases the likelihood of 2024 becoming the hottest year on record. If we do not take urgent measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, the extreme events related to the temperature we witnessed this summer will lead to more devastating consequences for people and the planet." The Copernicus report also noted that the probability of 2024 becoming the hottest year on record is increasing.