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Continuing with European Weather from Al Jazeera:
www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/6/17/europes-hottest-summers
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Europe’s five hottest summers since 1500
In just more than 20 years, the continent has experienced its five hottest summers since 1500.
A man watches the flames as wildfire approaches Kochyli beach near Limni village on the island of Evia, north of Athens, Greece, in 2021 [Thodoris Nikolaou/AP]
A man watches a wildfire approach from Kochyli beach on the island of Evia, north of Athens, Greece, in 2021 [Thodoris Nikolaou/AP]
Published On 17 Jun 2022
17 Jun 2022
Sweltering temperatures in Spain and France have shone a spotlight on the increasing frequency of heatwaves in Europe.
In just more than two decades, the continent has experienced its five hottest summers since 1500.
Last year was Europe’s hottest summer on record, according to the European climate change monitoring service Copernicus.
Between late July and early August 2021, Greece endured what Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis called the country’s worst heatwave in more than 30 years, with temperatures hitting 45 degrees Celsius (113 Fahrenheit) in some regions.
In Spain, temperatures reached 47C in parts of the south, according to national weather agency AEMET.
The heat and drought sparked large wildfires along the Mediterranean, from Turkey and Greece to Italy and Spain.
A child plays in a fountain in the warm weather in London, Friday, June 17, 2022.
A child plays in a fountain in London on Friday, June 17, 2022 [Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP]
2019: Northern Europe swelters
The summer of 2019 brought two heatwaves, in late June and mid-July, which left about 2,500 people dead, according to the Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters at Belgium’s Louvain University.
In France, temperatures hit a record 46C on June 28 in the southern town of Verargues. Thousands of schools were closed.
On July 24 and 25, northern Europe fried in record heat. Temperatures of 42.6C were recorded at Lingen in northwestern Germany, 41.8C in Begijnendijk in northern Belgium, and 38.7C in the eastern English city of Cambridge.
2018: Drought drains the Danube
The second half of July and beginning of August 2018 saw very high temperatures across much of Europe and rivers running dry due to drought.
The Danube fell to its lowest level in 100 years in some areas, notably exposing World War II tanks in Serbia that had been submerged since the conflict.
Portugal and Spain suffered hugely destructive forest fires.
2017: Months of mugginess
Much of Europe, but especially the south, baked from late June to well into August.
Spain set a record of 47.3C on July 13 in the southern town of Montoro.
Persistent drought sparked forest fires in Portugal.
People crowd La Concha beach in the basque city of San Sebastian, northern Spain, Friday, Aug. 3, 2018.
People crowd at La Concha beach in the basque city of San Sebastian, northern Spain on August 3, 2018 [File: Alvaro Barrientos/AP Photo]
2015: Back-to-back heatwaves
It was heatwave after heatwave throughout the summer of 2015, which left an estimated 1,700 people dead in France.
In the UK, roads melted and trains were delayed in the hottest July on record, with temperatures reaching 36.7C at Heathrow airport.
2007: Greek forests ablaze
Central and southern Europe were parched by drought throughout June and July, provoking a spate of forest fires in Italy, North Macedonia and Serbia.
In Hungary, 500 people died as a result of the heat. In Greece, the worst fires in half a century – some believed to be the result of arson but others the product of heat and drought – consumed four percent of the country’s forests.
Plane hovers above a forest fire and pours water on it
Firefighters operate at the site of a wildfire in Navalmoral de la Sierra near Avila, central Spain, on August 16, 2021 [Cesar Manso/AFP]
2003: 70,000 dead
The UK, France, Italy, Spain and Portugal all experienced exceptional heat in the first half of August, with Portugal suffering a record 47.3C at Amareleja in the south.
A European Union study of 16 nations puts the number of excess deaths across the bloc during that heatwave as high as 70,000, with France and Italy each seeing between 15,000 and 20,000 fatalities, according to various reports since.
In France, most of the victims were elderly people left to fend for themselves in an episode that traumatised the country and lead to the implementation of new systems to protect vulnerable people during heatwaves.
Published On 17 Jun 2022
17 Jun 2022
A temperature display at a French pharmacy shows 45.5 degrees Celsius in Toulouse, southwestern France
Biden urges climate action under spectre of fuel crisis
Russian invasion of Ukraine has left US and other countries seeking more fossil fuel output, threatening climate goals.
Published On 17 Jun 2022
17 Jun 2022
Biden climate
Photos: Mothers at the searing edge of climate crisis in Pakistan
As Jacobabad becomes hottest city on Earth, studies say pregnant women are at a higher risk of suffering complications.
Published On 14 Jun 2022
14 Jun 2022
A woman drinks a plum and tamarind drink to cool off during a heatwave, in Jacobabad
UN chief slams ‘delusional’ fossil fuels dash amid Ukraine war
Antonio Guterres warns that ‘perilous doubling down’ on coal, oil and gas by major economies will worsen climate change.
www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/6/17/europes-hottest-summers
EXPLAINER
News
|
Climate Crisis
Europe’s five hottest summers since 1500
In just more than 20 years, the continent has experienced its five hottest summers since 1500.
A man watches the flames as wildfire approaches Kochyli beach near Limni village on the island of Evia, north of Athens, Greece, in 2021 [Thodoris Nikolaou/AP]
A man watches a wildfire approach from Kochyli beach on the island of Evia, north of Athens, Greece, in 2021 [Thodoris Nikolaou/AP]
Published On 17 Jun 2022
17 Jun 2022
Sweltering temperatures in Spain and France have shone a spotlight on the increasing frequency of heatwaves in Europe.
In just more than two decades, the continent has experienced its five hottest summers since 1500.
Last year was Europe’s hottest summer on record, according to the European climate change monitoring service Copernicus.
Between late July and early August 2021, Greece endured what Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis called the country’s worst heatwave in more than 30 years, with temperatures hitting 45 degrees Celsius (113 Fahrenheit) in some regions.
In Spain, temperatures reached 47C in parts of the south, according to national weather agency AEMET.
The heat and drought sparked large wildfires along the Mediterranean, from Turkey and Greece to Italy and Spain.
A child plays in a fountain in the warm weather in London, Friday, June 17, 2022.
A child plays in a fountain in London on Friday, June 17, 2022 [Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP]
2019: Northern Europe swelters
The summer of 2019 brought two heatwaves, in late June and mid-July, which left about 2,500 people dead, according to the Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters at Belgium’s Louvain University.
In France, temperatures hit a record 46C on June 28 in the southern town of Verargues. Thousands of schools were closed.
On July 24 and 25, northern Europe fried in record heat. Temperatures of 42.6C were recorded at Lingen in northwestern Germany, 41.8C in Begijnendijk in northern Belgium, and 38.7C in the eastern English city of Cambridge.
2018: Drought drains the Danube
The second half of July and beginning of August 2018 saw very high temperatures across much of Europe and rivers running dry due to drought.
The Danube fell to its lowest level in 100 years in some areas, notably exposing World War II tanks in Serbia that had been submerged since the conflict.
Portugal and Spain suffered hugely destructive forest fires.
2017: Months of mugginess
Much of Europe, but especially the south, baked from late June to well into August.
Spain set a record of 47.3C on July 13 in the southern town of Montoro.
Persistent drought sparked forest fires in Portugal.
People crowd La Concha beach in the basque city of San Sebastian, northern Spain, Friday, Aug. 3, 2018.
People crowd at La Concha beach in the basque city of San Sebastian, northern Spain on August 3, 2018 [File: Alvaro Barrientos/AP Photo]
2015: Back-to-back heatwaves
It was heatwave after heatwave throughout the summer of 2015, which left an estimated 1,700 people dead in France.
In the UK, roads melted and trains were delayed in the hottest July on record, with temperatures reaching 36.7C at Heathrow airport.
2007: Greek forests ablaze
Central and southern Europe were parched by drought throughout June and July, provoking a spate of forest fires in Italy, North Macedonia and Serbia.
In Hungary, 500 people died as a result of the heat. In Greece, the worst fires in half a century – some believed to be the result of arson but others the product of heat and drought – consumed four percent of the country’s forests.
Plane hovers above a forest fire and pours water on it
Firefighters operate at the site of a wildfire in Navalmoral de la Sierra near Avila, central Spain, on August 16, 2021 [Cesar Manso/AFP]
2003: 70,000 dead
The UK, France, Italy, Spain and Portugal all experienced exceptional heat in the first half of August, with Portugal suffering a record 47.3C at Amareleja in the south.
A European Union study of 16 nations puts the number of excess deaths across the bloc during that heatwave as high as 70,000, with France and Italy each seeing between 15,000 and 20,000 fatalities, according to various reports since.
In France, most of the victims were elderly people left to fend for themselves in an episode that traumatised the country and lead to the implementation of new systems to protect vulnerable people during heatwaves.
Published On 17 Jun 2022
17 Jun 2022
A temperature display at a French pharmacy shows 45.5 degrees Celsius in Toulouse, southwestern France
Biden urges climate action under spectre of fuel crisis
Russian invasion of Ukraine has left US and other countries seeking more fossil fuel output, threatening climate goals.
Published On 17 Jun 2022
17 Jun 2022
Biden climate
Photos: Mothers at the searing edge of climate crisis in Pakistan
As Jacobabad becomes hottest city on Earth, studies say pregnant women are at a higher risk of suffering complications.
Published On 14 Jun 2022
14 Jun 2022
A woman drinks a plum and tamarind drink to cool off during a heatwave, in Jacobabad
UN chief slams ‘delusional’ fossil fuels dash amid Ukraine war
Antonio Guterres warns that ‘perilous doubling down’ on coal, oil and gas by major economies will worsen climate change.