Summer in the Northern Hemisphere has not yet officially begun, but many signs show that the coming months will be extremely stressful in North America, Europe and Asia.
This summer is expected to break global temperature records, according to Dr. Daniel Swain, a climateologist at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).
The temperature of incineration is threatening to overload the power grid, causing crop failure and pushing energy prices to skyrocket in 3 continents.
Hot and dry weather also increases the risk of forest fires. With forest fires starting to hit in Alberta, the heart of Canada's oil industry.
According to an estimate, extreme heat is expected to cause a loss of about 200 billion USD per year in the US by 2030 and this figure will be more than double by 2050.
In the Atlantic, heat increases ocean temperatures, raising the likelihood of an unusually strong hurricane season. The absence of an El Nino phenomenon also means that many storms and tropical depressions may form and intensify in the Atlantic and Caribbean regions.
In Europe, droughts and droughts have created the premise for intense heat waves, droughts and a dangerous risk of forest fires.
Weather forecast models show that high pressure weather patterns will appear and persist this summer, similar to what happened in the first few months of 2025.
This type of weather has caused wind speeds to decrease and cloud coverage to decrease, leading to low wind power output but record-breaking solar power. High pressure is also likely to block moisture from the northern Atlantic, increasing the risk of heat waves and making droughts worse.
I am seriously concerned that we will hear a lot about extreme weather conditions this summer, said Andrew Pedrini, a meteorologist at Atmospheric G2 weather analysis company.
Last week, in Portugal and Spain, one of the hottest air masses in more than three decades from Africa swept in, pushing temperatures above 37.7 degrees Celsius.
In addition, long-term forecast models show that the weather could support heavy rain in western Norway and northern England from June to August.
In Asia, Japan is expected to have a hotter-than-normal summer, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency.
Southeast Asia will also be hotter than average, according to the ASEAN Specialized Meteorological Center.
In China, except for some remote northern regions, June is expected to be extremely hot, according to the China Meteorological Administration. In many places in China, the severe heat caused the temperature of the asphalt surface to spike to 70 degrees Celsius.
China's National Energy Administration predicts that this summer's peak electricity demand will be about 100 gigawatt higher than in 2024, equivalent to having to operate all UK power plants at the same time.
