European Union climate monitoring agency Copernicus said that Western Europe has endured a record heat wave in June 2025. This June is also recorded as the 3rd hottest month in history, following a series of recent years of severe heat. The hottest June was recorded in 2024, the second hottest June was recorded in 2023.
Extreme temperatures have been seen in Europe, where the rate of warming is faster than the global average. Millions of people affected by the heat wave in Europe as the average daily temperature in this continent reached an unusually high level, and early on were unprecedented in the summer.
Many European countries have recorded surface temperatures above 40 degrees Celsius. In Spain and Portugal, temperatures have reached 46 degrees Celsius.
The impact of high temperatures in Europe is assessed as unusual, with heating rising as the sea surface temperature in the western Mediterranean also hit an all-time high in June, said Ms. Samantha Burgess, Head of the European Climate Strategy.
As the global warming continues, heat waves are gradually becoming more frequent with increasingly serious levels, affecting people in Europe.
The two heat waves from June 17 to June 22 and from June 30 to July 2 are believed to be related to the phenomenon of a tropical arch containing hot air covering the area, causing severe weather in Europe.
