Across Europe, river discharge was higher than average for January to April. During the next seven to eight months, it was below average. In October, river discharge reached its lowest level since at ...

January 2024 was the warmest January on record globally, with an average ERA5 surface air temperature of 13.14°C, 0.70°C above the 1991-2020 average for January and 0.12°C above the temperature of the ...

The objective of the Framework Agreement is the establishment of an operational framework for extreme event attribution, building on established methodologies and previous collaborations, including ...

The Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service and the Copernicus Climate Change Service, both implemented by ECMWF, have joined forces with Euronews to provide an exclusive daily 24-hour air quality ...

Lake Surface Water Temperature (LSWT) represents the temperature at or close to the surface of the water at 18 lakes in Europe. Historic and seasonal forecast estimates of LSWT are available in this ...

Sunshine duration and surface solar radiation were higher than average across Europe for the year as a whole. Cloud cover was lower than average. Strong positive anomalies in sunshine duration ...

Ensemble mean anomalies: The charts display the ensemble mean anomalies, relative to the model's climate over the reference period. Probabilities: Probabilities are estimated by comparing the forecast ...

“We are now in the decade where the 1.5°C limit is likely to be exceeded, highlighting the accelerating pace of climate change and the urgent need for action. October 2025 was the third-warmest ...

The Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), implemented by the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts on behalf of the European Commission with funding from the EU, routinely publishes ...

A new study published in Nature Climate Change uses the Copernicus Climate Change Service's (C3S) ERA5-HEAT dataset to provide a comprehensive global-scale analysis of how heat stress has evolved ...

September 2026 was the second warmest September ever recorded and marked the second consecutive month in 2026, with global temperatures exceeding 1.5°C above the pre-industrial levels. The September ...

The European continent experienced two significant heatwaves in mid-June and late June-early July 2025. The first event peaked between 17 and 22 June, affecting large parts of western and southern ...