North America Has Its Hottest June on Record

https://climate.copernicus.eu/copernicus-second-warmest-june-europe-warmest-record-north-america

Second warmest June in Europe; warmest on record for North America

7th July 2021

June 2021 surface air temperature:

• June 2021 joins June 2018 as the fourth warmest June on record globally, after the Junes of 2016, 2019 and 2020
• The month was the second warmest June on record for Europe
• The warm region over Europe peaked in the north-east, and extended south-westward to North Africa and south-eastward as far as Iran and Pakistan
• Heatwave conditions persisted over western North America, where many temperature records were broken
• June 2021 was the warmest June on record for North America
• Arctic Siberia also experienced high temperatures and its joint-fourth warmest June, on a par with June 2012
• Antarctic temperatures were predominantly colder than usual

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