Europe records hottest summer ever in 2022, says climate monitor 08.09.2022

Deutsche Welle | Sep 8, 2022 at 2:00 AM
  • The summer of 2022 was the hottest in Europe’s recorded history, the European Commission’s climate monitor said on Thursday.
  • The Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) said temperatures in Europe had been the “highest on record for both the month of August and the summer [June-August] as a whole.”
  • Much of the northern hemisphere has been battling droughts and wildfires as a result of rising temperatures.