June for Three Consecutive Years with Heat Record

According to the EU Earth observation program Copernicus, the past month was the hottest June in Western Europe since measurements began. Globally, June 2025 was the third warmest June, just behind June 2024 and almost as hot as June 2023. This marks the third consecutive year of record average temperatures. In Europe, which is warming twice as fast as the global average, particularly "extreme" temperatures were recorded.

Hottest June ever recorded in Western Europe

June was characterized by two consecutive "exceptional" heatwaves - from June 17 to June 22 and from June 30 onwards - explained Samantha Burgess, a climatologist at Copernicus. She expects that such heatwaves will "occur more frequently and intensely, affecting more and more people in Europe".

In several countries, temperatures rose above 40 degrees Celsius multiple times, reaching 46 degrees in Spain and Portugal. According to Copernicus, June 30 was "one of the hottest summer days ever recorded on the continent".

(APA/Red)

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