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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Niels de Hoog and Ashley Kirk

Twelve European countries broke temperature records in 2022

A dry section of the Serre-Ponçon lake as water levels decreased some 14 meters due to the drought in 2022.
A dry section of the Serre-Ponçon lake as water levels decreased some 14 meters due to the drought in 2022. Photograph: Joel Saget/AFP/Getty Images

Twelve European countries broke monthly temperature records in 2022 as the continent recorded its hottest ever summer, new analysis shows.

Of 27 European countries analysed by the Guardian, 12 recorded their highest ever temperature anomaly for at least one month in 2022. In each case, the anomalies were more than 1.9C above the average temperature recorded between 1991 and 2020 for at least one month.

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