Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia – This winter has become something unusual in Europe. Temperatures that should have dropped dramatically have not been seen in a number of countries.
Indeed, temperatures in January have reached all-time highs in a number of countries across Europe. National records fell in eight countries and regional records in three others.
Temperatures in the Netherlands, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Latvia, the Czech Republic, Poland, Denmark and Belarus broke national records. Regional records were broken in Germany, France and Ukraine.
The temperature recorded in Warsaw on January 1 was 4 degrees Celsius (C) higher than the previous record for that month. The city even recorded a temperature of 18.9°C on Sunday.
Meanwhile, the highest record in Belarus was 16.4C, about 4.5C above the previous record.
In Spain, the New Year’s temperature in Bilbao is equivalent to the July average reaching 25.1C or more than 10C above average.
In Switzerland, temperatures reached 20°C and the heat hit the ski resorts in the Alps, which suffered from a lack of snow.
Meanwhile, mild European weather has arrived as North America faces more severe storms, days after a deadly winter cold killed more than 60 people.
Heavy snow and freezing rain were predicted for parts of the northern Midwest, while heavy thunderstorms and tornadoes were forecast for Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Louisiana.
Not everything is warm in Europe however, colder temperatures and snow are expected in parts of Scandinavia and Moscow is expected to drop to -20C over the weekend.
A few days earlier, the UK, Ireland, France and Spain announced 2022 as the hottest year on record.
Heat waves are becoming more frequent, more intense and longer lasting due to man-made climate change.
The world has warmed by about 1.1°C since the start of the industrial age and temperatures will continue to rise unless governments around the world undertake steep cuts in emissions.
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