London: North America just experienced its hottest June since records began and Europe its second hottest, the EU’s climate change monitoring service said. Last month was especially warm in the western United States and Canada, as well as in Finland and western Russia, the EU’s Copernicus Climate Change Service said in London, dpa reported. In the Finnish capital Helsinki, where records go back to 1844, the average June temperature has never been as high as this year.
Russia’s capital, Moscow, recorded its warmest June day on record. It was also warmer than average in Siberia, although not as much as in the previous three years. In the Canadian province of British Columbia, as many as three heat records were recorded on three consecutive days. Globally, June 2021 was also among the warmest since records began. Only 2016, 2019, and 2020 recorded higher average temperatures. Colder than the 1991-2020 average, however, was Antarctica. The Copernicus Climate Change Service produces monthly reports on air temperature, sea ice and the water cycle. It relies on data from satellites, ships, aircraft and weather stations around the globe, as well as model calculations.
