Meteorologists say weather records across Europe have fallen at an alarming rate over the past few days. At the same time, the hottest days of January are also experienced in Europe. These extreme scenarios bring climate change to the agenda once again.The hottest day in January has been recorded in at least eight European countries, including Poland, Denmark, the Czech Republic, the Netherlands, Belarus, Lithuania and Latvia, according to data compiled by climatologist Maximiliano Herrera, who tracks temperature extremes. However, it is stated that thousands of temperature records have been broken across Europe.
Unheard of temperatures
According to reports, temperatures in Poland saw 19 degrees Celsius, as if it were in May. However, the temperatures experienced in the city of Korbielów at this time of the year should have been 1 degree on average. In Javornik in the Czech Republic, the air temperature was measured as 19.6 degrees. This value was supposed to be 3 degrees on average at this time of year.
According to Herrera, these are just a small sample. Unprecedented temperatures were observed in some regions and cities across Europe. Even in Spain and Bilbao in the south of France, temperatures reached 25 degrees.“We can consider this the most extreme event in European history,” Herrera said. Senior meteorologist Alex Burkill conceded that it was an extreme weather event and said, “It was extremely hot in a huge area that was honestly almost unheard of.” It is said to have spread to northeastern Europe.
Experts say extreme weather events will increase exponentially with the warming atmosphere and oceans. It is also stated that the events experienced provide a small glimpse into the future scenario where the weather will be humid, mild and snowless during the winter months. If adequate measures are not taken for the climate crisis, we will continue to see records broken by large margins in almost every country.
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