New record temperatures. It was never warmer in June and July, the world meteorological organization, WMO, previously announced. June broke the previous record from 2020 by 0.23 degrees and July surpassed the record (from 2019) by 0.33 degrees. “This makes July not only the warmest July ever measured, but also the warmest month ever measured,” says Meteorologist from Buienradar Magdel Erasmus.
August was most likely also the warmest August ever, as you can see in the post below:
“We didn’t notice it much in the Netherlands, but last summer was extremely hot in many places in the world,” says Erasmus. Nevertheless, the summer in the Netherlands was also warmer than average. “Normally, the average temperature is around 17.5 degrees. This summer it was 18.4 degrees,” says Sjoukje Philip, climate change researcher at KNMI.
Due to climate change, we are also increasingly experiencing extreme weather. The video below shows an example of this:
Extreme precipitation
According to Philip, the effects of climate change were clearly visible this year. “Besides the extreme temperatures, for example, we have seen extreme precipitation in Europe and too little sea ice in Antarctica,” she says, “These extreme phenomena are now very clearly visible.”
Although it may not be the case that temperature records are broken every year, weather conditions will become more extreme as long as climate change continues, Philip assures. Whether we should be concerned? “No,” she replies. “It’s better to take action than to worry and do nothing.”
2023-09-01 14:38:01
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