High temperatures in Europe. Photo credit: Jorge Guerrero / AFP / Profimedia
August 2025 was the third hottest August registered in history worldwide, with an average temperature of 16.60 degrees Celsius, according to the European Union Service for Copernicus climatic changes.
The average temperature last month was 0.22 degrees below the record values of August 2023 and 2024, but it was 1.29 degrees above the pre -industrial levels, Cites DPA and Agerpres.
The period of 12 months from September 2024 to August 2025 was 1.52 degrees Celsius warmer compared to the average from 1850-1900.
South-West Europe has experienced the third large heat wave of the season, accompanied by serious fires, said Samantha Burgess from the European Center for Medium Term Forecast (ECMWF), which manages the EU service.
Given that the oceans remain unusually hot, these events emphasize both the urgency and the need to adapt to more frequent and intense extreme climatic phenomena, she added.
A very intense heat wave affected much of the Iberian Peninsula and Southwest of France between August 8 and 18, while the temperatures in the north and northeast of Europe remained below the long-term media.
🌍 The August 2025 Climate Bulletin is out! The #Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) Reveals Key Trends.
👉 3rd-Warmast August on Record
👉 Global Temps 0.49 ° C Above the 1991–2020 AVG
👉 1.29 ° C Above Pre-Industrial Levels
👉 Heatwave in Focus🔗 https://t.co/wvsnkfijld pic.twitter.com/5czffnrzlo
– Copernicus I (@copernicuseu) September 9, 2025
Fourth hottest summer in Europe
Overall, the summer of 2025 was the fourth hottest in Europe, with temperatures with 0.90 degrees above the reference period 1991-2020. Western and Southeast Europe, as well as Turkey, were the most affected.
Drought has affected large parts of Western and South Europe, while in the south of France, Italy and Germany, there have been heavy rainfall.
Outside Europe, some regions of the United States and Canada have also been drought, while East Asia and South America have registered several precipitation.
Copernicus periodically publishes data on the temperature from the surface of the Earth, the stretch of the banquis and the precipitation. The conclusions are based on computer generated analyzes that include billions of measurements performed by satellites, ships, aircraft and weather stations around the world.
