Climate service: Low tide in rivers - Western Europe continues to experience record-breaking weather
The summer was hot and dry - and September has changed little about that. For Western Europe, it was the warmest September since the start of measurements, along with 2023.
Europe experienced unusually warm and dry conditions in September, with Western Europe having its warmest September on record, along with September 2023, according to the EU's Copernicus climate service. The temperature was 2.51 degrees above the 1991-2020 average, making it the third warmest September for Europe as a whole. Many parts of Western, Central, and Eastern Europe remained dry, with several regions experiencing worsening drought, and water levels in rivers such as the Rhine, Danube, and Vistula were at record lows.
The dry conditions affected shipping, water supply, and agriculture in several countries, although rain at the end of the month brought relief in some areas. Globally, September was the second warmest on record, with the average temperature 1.63 degrees above pre-industrial levels.
Written by urgent.news from Handelsblatt's report — not a translation of it. Machine-written — may contain errors; check the original before relying on it.
