Many European countries experienced September with unprecedented high average temperatures and this trend could continue into October.
The French meteorological agency said on October 1 that the average temperature in September in the country was 21.5 degrees Celsius, 3.5-3.6 degrees Celsius higher than the period 1991-2020.
Meteorologist Christine Berne said this was the hottest September in French history, one degree Celsius higher than in 1900, when weather records began. She said that in some areas, the difference in temperature compared to the average September temperature over the past 30 years was more than 4 degrees Celsius, and in some places as much as 6 degrees Celsius.
"Numerous monthly temperature records" were broken across the country in an "exceptional month", with average September temperatures higher than July and August, according to the French meteorological agency.
Tourists at Concorde Square, Paris, on a hot day on September 10. Photo: AFP
For the first time in history, France issued a heatwave warning in September. The trend of unusually high temperatures is expected to continue in October.
Germany's weather agency, DWD, said last month was also the hottest September since records began. Temperatures in Germany this September were nearly 4 degrees Celsius higher than the average from 1961 to 1990.
Belgium also recorded an average September temperature of 19 degrees Celsius, nearly 4 degrees Celsius higher than normal. "This has not happened since 1941," said David Dehenauw, an expert at the Royal Belgian Meteorological Institute. "Belgium has never experienced such high temperatures in September."
Poland's Weather Service said the country's September temperature was 3.6 degrees Celsius above average and the highest September temperature in more than 100 years.
Austrian and Swiss officials also reported similar figures, with September's average temperatures unusually high due to an unprecedented heatwave in the first half of the month.
The EU climate watchdog said earlier last month that global temperatures in the northern hemisphere summer were the hottest on record. The Copernicus Climate Change Service also predicted that 2023 will be the hottest year ever recorded.
Scientists say climate change caused by human activity is pushing global temperatures higher, making the world 1.2 degrees Celsius warmer than pre-industrial times. The planet’s climate system is being affected, making extreme weather events such as heat waves, droughts, wildfires and storms more frequent and intense.
Hong Hanh (According to Guardian )
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