Copernicus: The summer of 2022 was the hottest in Europe

Anomaly in surface air temperature for August 2022 compared to the August average for the period 1991-2020. Data source: ERA5. Credit: Copernicus Climate Change Service/ECMWF.

Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S)implemented by the European Center for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts on behalf of the European Commission, routinely publishes monthly climate bulletins that report on changes observed in the global report. surface air temperatureAnd the sea ​​ice And the Hydrological variables. All reported results are based on computer-generated analyzes using billions of measurements from satellites, ships, aircraft and weather stations around the world.

Surface air temperature in August 2022:

Globally, the average temperature for August in 2022 was as follows:

• 0.3°C above the 1991-2020 average for the third warmest month of August on record.
• Similar to the August 2017 and 2021 values ​​and within about 0.1°C of the higher values ​​measured in August 2016 and 2019.

The average temperature across Europe in 2022 was as follows:

• Highest on record for both August and summer (June-August) with large margins of 0.8°C in 2018 for August and 0.4°C in 2021 for summer
• European temperatures were above average in the east of the continent in August, but still well above average in the southwest, where they were also high in June and July
• Heat waves were common in this part of Europe and across central and eastern China during all three summer months. North America also experienced one of the hottest summers

Hydrological conditions aAugust 2022:

• August 2022 was generally drier than average for much of Western and Eastern Europe.
• Conversely, it was wetter than average in most of Scandinavia and parts of southern and southeastern Europe. The southern regions were subjected to the so-called “Derecho” storm, accompanied by strong winds and rain
• Conditions were also wetter than average in many extratropical regions of North America and Asia: in many places, heavy rainfall caused flooding. Pakistan has seen particularly difficult conditions with record rainfall.
• Among the driest extratropical regions, parts of China have experienced severe drought.

Arctic summer 2022 – Hydrological conditions:

• The summer of 2022 was marked by warm, dry conditions in large parts of Western Europe. In large parts of Scandinavia, as well as in central and southeastern Europe, Greece and western Turkey, conditions were often wetter than average.
• During the Arctic summer of 2022, the drought was more than average in central North and South America and in Central Asia. The Horn of Africa remained dry. Conditions were mostly wetter than average in southern Asia, particularly in Pakistan, eastern Australia, and most of southern Africa.

Anomalies in precipitation, surface air relative humidity, volumetric moisture content of the top 7 centimeters of soil, and surface air temperature for summer (June to August 2022) with respect to 1991–2020. The dark gray shade indicates the place where soil moisture does not appear due to ice cover or low rainfall in climatic terms. Data source: ERA5 Source: Copernicus Climate Change Service / ECMWF.

Freja Vamborg, Chief Scientist at the Copernican Climate Change Service, comments: “An intense series of heat waves across Europe combined with unusually dry conditions led to extreme summers with records in terms of temperature, drought and fire activity in many parts of Europe, which affected the Society and nature in different ways. Data from the Copernican Climate Change Service show that we have not only record temperatures in August for Europe, but also in summer, since the previous summer record was only a year old. “

Video materials accompanying the maps are available over here.

More information about July weather changes, weather updates from previous months, HD graphics and video can be downloaded over here.

More information about the reference period is available over here.

Answers to frequently asked questions about temperature monitoring over here.

Information about the C3S dataset and how to collect it

Temperature and hydrology maps and data are from the ERA5 data of the ECMWF’s Copernicus Climate Change Service.

Sea ice maps and data are from a set of information from ERA5, as well as from EUMETSAT OSI SAF Sea Ice Index v2.1 and Sea Ice Concentration CDR/ICDR v2 and Fast Track data provided on request by OSI SAF.

The regional averages listed have the following latitude/longitude limits:

All Earth, 180W-180E, 90S-90N. In total.

Europe, 25W-40E, 34N-72N, by road only.

About Copernicus and ECMWF

Copernicus is part of the European Union’s Space Programme, which is funded by the European Union, the leading Earth observation programme. The company operates through six thematic services: Atmosphere, Marine, Land, Climate Change, Security and Emergencies. It provides freely available data and operational services that provide users with reliable and up-to-date information about our planet and its environment. The program is coordinated and managed by the European Commission and implemented in partnership with Member States, the European Space Agency (ESA), the European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT), the European Center for Medium Distance Forecasting (ECMWF), European Union agencies, Mercator Océan and others.

ECMWF operates two services of the European Union’s Copernicus Earth Observation Program: the Copernicus Atmospheric Monitoring Service (CAMS) and the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S). They also contribute to the Copernican Emergency Management Service (CEMS), which is implemented by the European Union Joint Research Council (JRC). The European Center for Medium Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) is an independent intergovernmental organization supported by 35 countries. It is a 24/7 operational research and service institute that produces and publishes digital weather forecasts to its member states. These data are fully available to the national meteorological services of the member states. The supercomputer facility (and associated data archive) at the ECMWF is one of the largest of its kind in Europe and member states can use 25 percent of its capacity for their own purposes..

ECMWF has expanded the number of sites in which it operates. In addition to the headquarters in the UK and the computing center in Italy, the new offices focusing on activities implemented in partnership with the European Union, such as Copernicus, will be located in Bonn, Germany.

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