The European climate change service Copernicus has been recording temperatures since 1979. Thereafter, the values in October were warmer than the reference average worldwide.
Bologna – Last month was the third warmest October worldwide since records began in 1979. The European climate change service Copernicus announced on Monday.
The researchers of the program coordinated by the EU Commission stated that only October 2015 and 2019 have been warmer since the beginning of the recordings – and only “slightly”, as it was called. Worldwide, temperatures were 0.42 degrees warmer than the reference average from 1991 to 2020.
Especially in northern Canada, northern Russia and western Antarctica, it was warm above average. In southern and southeastern Europe, however, it was a little colder than usual.
The EU’s climate change service, based in Bologna (Italy) and Reading (UK), produces monthly reports on air temperature, sea ice and the water cycle. It is based on data from satellites, ships, aircraft and weather stations around the world as well as model calculations. The Copernicus records go back to 1979. dpa
