
Following an “exceptionally wet” February that triggered floods across the Mediterranean, Europe has witnessed its second-warmest March on record.
New data from the EU’s Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), implemented by the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF), found that March 2026 was globally the fourth-warmest on record – with surface air temperature hitting 1.48℃ above pre-industrial levels.