2025 was the eighth warmest year in Austria's measurement history

The year 2025 is the eighth warmest year in Austria's lowlands in Austria's recorded history, and even the second warmest in the mountains. 2025 is 0.8 degrees above an average year of the recent past (climate period 1991-2020) in Austria's lowlands and 1.3 degrees in the mountains. Additionally, 2025 is one of the 20 driest years since records began, according to the preliminary climate report from Geosphere Austria. 2025 also confirms the trend towards an increasingly warmer climate.

Even Second Place in the Mountains

"Considering the forecasts for the last days of the year, 2025 ranks eighth in Austria's lowlands in the series of the warmest years in the 258-year history of measurements, and it might even reach seventh place. In the mountains, second place is emerging in the 175-year mountain measurement series," said climatologist Alexander Orlik from Geosphere Austria.

In Top 25 Only Years of the Recent Past

Compared to the climate period 1961 to 1990, which was not yet so strongly affected by global warming, the year 2025 is 2.1 degrees above the average in Austria's lowlands and 2.4 degrees in the mountains. Compared to the average of the pre-industrial period (1850-1900), 2025 is 2.8 degrees warmer in Austria's lowlands. In the top 25 of the warmest years in recorded history, almost only years of the recent past are found.

In the regional evaluation, 2025 is even one of the three warmest years in recorded history in some low-lying areas. For example, in the preliminary evaluation, 2025 is the second warmest year in Klagenfurt, Millstatt, Obergurgl, and St. Andrä/Lavanttal, and the third warmest in Lienz and Obervellach.

One of the 20 Driest Years Since 1858

Additionally, the year coming to an end was very dry throughout its duration. On average across Austria, there was thirteen percent less precipitation than in an average year of the recent past (climate average 1991-2020). Thus, 2025 is one of the 20 driest years in the precipitation measurement series existing since 1858. The number of sunshine hours is in the preliminary evaluation within the range of the long-term average (plus 2 percent).

(APA/Red)

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