Heading into the weekend, large parts of Europe are preparing for blazing temperatures to top off what has already been an extraordinarily hot June so far. Final exams in French schools have been rescheduled, cool rooms have been opened to provide shelter in government buildings and Germany introduced speed limits on parts of its motorway network to prevent accidents in case of heat-related road damages.
“El infierno is coming”, tweeted Spanish meteorologist Silvia Laplana on Sunday alongside a video showing the hellishly hot temperature forecast for Spain for the days ahead. As the following chart, based on Accuweather data, shows, temperatures in major European cities have exceeded historical averages by a significant margin for large parts of June, with daily temperature highs regularly beating average highs by 10 and more degrees Celsius.
Extreme weather is expected to become more frequent due to climate change in the future. According to Friederike Otto, acting director at the Environmental Change Institute at Oxford University, the likelihood of heatwaves in southern Europe is already 10 times higher than it was in pre-industrial times.
“El infierno is coming”, tweeted Spanish meteorologist Silvia Laplana on Sunday alongside a video showing the hellishly hot temperature forecast for Spain for the days ahead. As the following chart, based on Accuweather data, shows, temperatures in major European cities have exceeded historical averages by a significant margin for large parts of June, with daily temperature highs regularly beating average highs by 10 and more degrees Celsius.
Extreme weather is expected to become more frequent due to climate change in the future. According to Friederike Otto, acting director at the Environmental Change Institute at Oxford University, the likelihood of heatwaves in southern Europe is already 10 times higher than it was in pre-industrial times.
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