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Rosie Frost

Southwestern Europe scorched by extreme heat during world's third-warmest August on record

This August was the world's third-warmest August on record, according to the EU's Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S).

Temperatures were 0.49°C above the 1991 to 2020 average for the month. C3S data shows that August 2025 was 0.22°C cooler than the two warmest Augusts on record in 2023 and 2024.

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