As reported by Copernicus, the average temperature in May was 1.42 degrees Celsius above the average for the period 1850-1900. Europe experienced its third warmest spring in the history of measurements from March to May. The events on the continent were marked by a rapid transition from cooler to above-average weather conditions on May 20.
In the second half of the month, the western part of the continent was hit by an unusually early and intense heat wave, with many May temperature records being broken in France, the United Kingdom, Ireland and Portugal. Temperatures reached from 35 to 40 degrees Celsius in most parts of the region, which corresponds to exposure to strong (above 32 degrees Celsius) and very strong heat stress (above 38 degrees Celsius). The heat wave was accompanied by a heat wave in the western part of the continent from May 15 to 20, which was the most intense heat wave in Europe in the last 100 years.
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