The European Union's climate monitoring agency, the Copernicus Climate Change Service, released a report on the 9th stating that the world has just experienced the third hottest June on record since 1940, while Western Europe has experienced its hottest June on record. The report shows that the global average surface temperature in June was 16.46 degrees Celsius, only 0.2 degrees Celsius and 0.06 degrees Celsius lower than June 2024 and June 2023, respectively, but 1.3 degrees Celsius higher than pre industrial levels (1850-1900). In addition, Western Europe experienced the hottest June on record, with an average temperature of 20.49 degrees Celsius, breaking the record set in 2003. In June 2025, an abnormal heat wave hit most of Western Europe... The record breaking sea surface temperatures in the Western Mediterranean made this heat wave even stronger. ”Samantha Burgess, head of climate strategy at the European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasts, said, "In a warming world, heat waves may become more frequent, intense, and affect more people in Europe." The European Union's Copernicus Climate Change Service regularly releases climate reports, including data on global surface temperatures. The European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasts is an important executive agency of the Copernicus Climate Change Service. (New Society)