ECMWF Copernicus C3S Monthly Update: Hot and Dry Weather Conditions in July

READING, England, Aug. 7, 2018 /PRNewswire/ --

July 2018 surface air temperature

• Many regions around the globe saw much above average temperatures, due in part to sustained heatwaves, for instance in northern Europe, northern China, Korea and Japan.
• Europe saw its second warmest July on record, half a degree cooler than the warmest July (2010),
• globally it was the third warmest July, but only insignificantly cooler than the second warmest July (2017).

More information and graphics can be downloaded here: https://climate.copernicus.eu/resources/data-analysis/average-surface-air-temperature-analysis

July 2018 Hydrological variables

• Most of northern Europe saw very dry conditions, including the British Isles, Benelux and Scandinavia, with Sweden seeing a large number of wildfires related to the dry conditions,
• The south and east of Europe, in particular the region around the Adriatic, saw continued wetter than average conditions, with several countries experiencing floods,
• Japan saw very heavy rainfall at the beginning of the month, leading to flooding and landslides
• Australia experienced extremely dry conditions in some parts of the country, with adverse effects on farming

More information and graphics can be downloaded here: https://climate.copernicus.eu/monthly-summaries-precipitation-relative-humidity-and-soil-moisture

July 2018 Sea Ice

• Sea-ice cover was below average in both polar regions:
• Antarctic July sea-ice area was the fourth lowest on record, with much below sea-ice cover in the east of the Weddell Sea,
• the Arctic saw much below sea ice cover in a large region stretching eastward from the Svalbard archipelago to the Laptev Sea, north of Siberia

More information and graphics can be downloaded here: https://climate.copernicus.eu/products/monthly-sea-ice-maps

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