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June was Europe's hottest ever, EU satellite agency says
https://www.dw.com/en/june-was-europes-hottest-ever-eu-satellite-agency-says/a-49449928June was Europe's hottest ever, EU satellite agency says
Date 03.07.2019
Last month was the hottest June ever recorded, the European Union's satellite agency said Tuesday.
The Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) program revealed the continent's average temperature for the month was 2 degrees Celsius hotter than normal.
"Although this was exceptional, we are likely to see more of these events in the future due to climate change," C3S head Jean-Noel Thepaut said.
Germany experienced temperatures as high as 38.9 degrees Celsius (102 degrees Fahrenheit), an all-time high for June.
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In a separate study also published Tuesday, a group of experts who look at the possible link between extreme weather and climate change foresee more frequent and more intense heat waves in future.
After analyzing temperatures in Toulouse in southern France between June 26 and 28, the World Weather Attribution group concluded that every heat wave in Europe today "is made more likely and more intense by human-induced climate change."
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