The heat dome, a high-pressure system trapping hot, humid air, impacted over 160 million people across more than 25 states, from Florida to New England and west to the Midwest and Mississippi Valley. It began intensifying around 23 July and persisted through to 31 July with the Southeast experiencing prolonged extreme conditions.
As the planet continues to warm not all regions are heating up at the same pace as can be seen from the data above. Over the last thirty years, the global average temperature has increased by around 0.26°C per decade.
For many Svalbard is very much at the front line of the climate crisis with warming trends six to seven times the global average rate.
This century, Europe has seen thousands of excess heat-related deaths with the summer of 2022 standing out with more than 60,000 deaths as a result of extreme heat.
The latest assessment of UK climate trends, variations and extremes based on the most up to date observations, showing what…
The Copernicus Climate Change Service latest climate bulletin highlights that June 2025 was the warmest June on record for western…
A pivotal study by University College London and the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, published in PLoS Climate, predicts a sharp increase in heat-related deaths in England and Wales due to climate change.
The heat wave that struck France in June and early July 2025 was one of the most intense and prolonged early summer heat events in recent history, driven by a persistent “heat dome” that resulted in high anomalous temperatures across much of the country.
A new study from the UK Met Office published in Weather Journal has indicated that temperatures exceeding 40°C in the summer months will become increasingly likely within the next decade due to escalating climate trends.
A summary of the main features of the hottest year on record.
At the end of February 2025, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) warned that the country would experience above average temperatures…
2024 surpassed 2023 as the hottest year on record with average global temperatures based on the analysis of various organizations of between 1.46 and 1.62 °C above pre-industrial levels.
