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An image of the Gulf Stream's path and its related branches The average number of days per year with precipitation The average amount of sunshine yearly (hours). The climate of western Europe is strongly conditioned by the Gulf Stream, which keeps mild air (for the latitude) over Northwestern Europe in the winter months, especially in Ireland, the United Kingdom and coastal Norway.
A warm spell occurred in late February in which daily maxima reached up to 20 °C in southeastern parts of Europe which was 12 °C above the 1991-2020 average. [6] March 2024 also broke a record with 1.68 C above the pre-industrial average. [7]
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The European Union's Copernicus and the World Meteorological Organization reported in April 2024 that Europe was Earth's most rapidly warming continent, with temperatures rising at a rate twice as high as the global average rate, and that Europe's 5-year average temperatures were 2.3 °C higher relative to pre-industrial temperatures compared to 1.3 °C for the rest of the world.
Hot weather is expected to be on the way in central and southern Europe in the next fortnight. Already the heat map for Spain has showed black patches, suggesting the most extreme heat.
The Italian health ministry placed 12 cities under the most severe heat warning Tuesday as a wave of hot air from Africa baked southern Europe and the Balkans and sent temperatures over 40 degrees ...
The heatwaves caused severe damage in southern US, Southern Europe, South and southeast Asia. [8] Heatwaves becoming more frequent and intense due to climate change are a big problem for Europe. The heatwaves in the year 2003 killed 70,000 people, while in the record breaking summer of 2022, 61,672 people died.
The health ministry placed 12 cities – from Trieste in the north to Rome in the center – under a red alert heat warning, the highest state of heat emergency. In cities under such warnings, everyone — not just the elderly or young children — is urged to stay indoors during the hottest parts of the day and avoid strenuous outdoor exercise ...