June 2026 is Western Europe’s warmest June on record
Today, the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) published its latest monthly Climate Bulletin, focusing on key climate trends in June 2026.
The bulletin reports that June 2026 was the second-warmest June globally. The global average surface air temperature was 16.54°C, which was 1.39°C above the estimated pre-industrial level (1850-1900).
An intense heatwave affected much of Western and Central Europe during the second half of the month, breaking many June and some all-time records for daily maximum temperature in several countries. Western Europe, the region most affected by the heatwave, recorded its warmest June on record, with an average temperature of 20.74°C. This was 3.05°C above the 1991-2020 average for June, surpassing the previous record set in June 2025.
This data visualisation, based on C3S data, shows the average surface air temperature anomalies across parts of Central and Western Europe from 18 to 30 June. The map shows marked temperature anomalies in Western Europe, with warmer-than-average conditions reaching peaks of +9°C in France and Germany.
More information is available here.
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