June second warmest in recorded European history

The average temperature in Europe this June was 1.57 degrees above the average for that month from 1991 to 2020, making it the continent's second warmest June on record, the EU's Copernicus Climate Change Service has announced. June was also the twelfth month in a row with an average global temperature of at least 1.5 degrees higher than the pre-industrial average between 1850-1900. The average global temperature for the last 12 months from July 2023 to June 2024 is also the highest on record overall, namely 0.76 degrees above the 1991 to 2020 average and 1.64 degrees above the pre-industrial average.