{"id":606666,"date":"2024-01-30T13:51:20","date_gmt":"2024-01-30T10:51:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/un-confirms-europe-hit-record-high-temperature-in-2021\/"},"modified":"2024-01-30T13:51:20","modified_gmt":"2024-01-30T10:51:20","slug":"un-confirms-europe-hit-record-high-temperature-in-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/un-confirms-europe-hit-record-high-temperature-in-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"#UN confirms Europe hit record high temperature in 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a336198ce171\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a336198ce171\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/un-confirms-europe-hit-record-high-temperature-in-2021\/#Snapshots_of_our_climate\" >Snapshots of our climate<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-gallery lightGallery\">\n<div data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2024\/europes-highest-ever-t.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/2024\/europes-highest-ever-t.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Europe's highest ever temperature was officiallybrecorded in Sicily, seen here during a wildfire.\">\n<figure class=\"article-img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800a\/2024\/europes-highest-ever-t.jpg\" alt=\"Europe's highest ever temperature was officiallybrecorded in Sicily, seen here during a wildfire\" title=\"Europe's highest ever temperature was officiallybrecorded in Sicily, seen here during a wildfire.\" width=\"800\" height=\"530\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-darken text-low-up text-truncate-js text-truncate mt-3\">\n                Europe&#8217;s highest ever temperature was officiallybrecorded in Sicily, seen here during a wildfire.<br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The World Meteorological Organisation confirmed on Tuesday that continental Europe recorded in 2021 its highest ever temperature of 48.8 degrees Celsius (119.8 Fahrenheit), and warned that new extremes were expected.<\/p>\n<section class=\"article-banner first-banner ads-336x280\"><!-- \/4988204\/Phys_Story_InText_Box --><br \/>\n      <\/section>\n<p>The searing heat on August 11, 2021, was nearly one degree Celsius higher than the previous record peak of 48C registered on July 10, 1977 in the Greek cities of Athens and Elefsina, it said.<\/p>\n<p>That 1977 record was not independently verified by the WMO.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;An international panel of atmospheric scientists verified the temperature recorded by an automated weather station in Syracuse on the Italian island of Sicilia (Sicily),&#8221; the United Nations&#8217; weather agency said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is possible, indeed likely, that greater extremes will occur across Europe in the future,&#8221; said Professor Randall Cerveny, r<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>orteur on climate and weather extremes for the WMO.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This investigation demonstrates the alarming tendency for continuing high temperature records to be set in specific regions of the world.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>With human-caused emissions heating the planet, Europe is warming around twice as quickly as the world average\u20142.2 degrees Celsius over the past five years compared to the pre-industrial era.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Snapshots_of_our_climate\"><\/span>Snapshots of our climate<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The WMO said it had taken until now to certify the 2021 record because the agency took &#8220;meticulous care&#8221; to ensure it was accurate.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-gallery lightGallery\">\n<div data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2024\/europe-has-suffered-he.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/2024\/europe-has-suffered-he.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Europe has suffered heat waves and wildfires in recent summers, including on Greek tourist islands like Rhodes.\">\n<figure class=\"article-img text-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800a\/2024\/europe-has-suffered-he.jpg\" alt=\"Europe has suffered heatwaves and wildfires in recent summers, including on Greek tourist islands like Rhodes\" title=\"Europe has suffered heat waves and wildfires in recent summers, including on Greek tourist islands like Rhodes.\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-left text-darken text-truncate text-low-up mt-3\">\n                Europe has suffered heat waves and wildfires in recent summers, including on Greek tourist islands like Rhodes.<br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>New confirmed records are incorporated into the WMO&#8217;s authoritative yearly State of the Climate report, which informs top-level decisions on how to tackle global heating.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Such painstaking evaluation provides the critical confidence that our global records of temperatures are properly being measured,&#8221; the WMO said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;New adjudicated records provide an authoritative benchmark for comparing record extremes for the annual WMO State of the Climate reports at global and regional scales.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Scientists say extreme weather\u2014including heat waves, droughts and floods\u2014is becoming increasingly frequent as the climate heats up, taking a toll on economies and ecosystems, health, farming and water supplies.<\/p>\n<p>The agency&#8217;s findings on the 2022 heat record were published in the <i>International Journal of Climatology<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>The WMO experts are currently conducting checks on a number of other extremes\u2014&#8221;snapshots of our current climate&#8221;\u2014including whether Tropical Cyclone Freddy broke the record last year as the longest-lasting tropical cyclone.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-main__note mt-4\">\n                                                  \u00a9 2024 AFP\n                                             <\/p>\n<p>                                        <!-- print only --><\/p>\n<div class=\"d-none d-print-block\">\n<p>                                                <strong>Citation<\/strong>:<br \/>\n                                                UN confirms Europe hit record high temperature in 2021 (2024, January 30)<br \/>\n                                                retrieved 30 January 2024<br \/>\n                                                from https:\/\/phys.org\/<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a>\/2024-01-europe-high-temperature.html<\/p>\n<p>                                             This document is subject to copyright. 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