BRUSSELS, April 29 (Xinhua) -- Europe suffered record or near-record climate extremes in 2025, with heatwaves, wildfires, marine heat and ice loss intensifying across the continent, the EU-funded Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said in a report on Wednesday.
The European State of the Climate Report 2025 said at least 95 percent of Europe recorded annual temperatures above average, as prolonged heat spread from the Mediterranean to the Arctic Circle.
Europe experienced its second-most severe heatwave on record, while sub-Arctic Fennoscandia endured a 21-day heatwave in July that was the longest and most severe ever recorded for the region, the report said.
Temperatures close to and within the Arctic Circle reached or exceeded 30 degrees Celsius, it added.
The findings are consistent with broader Copernicus data that 2025 was the third-warmest year on record globally.
For Europe, rankings varied by dataset and geographic domain, with 2025 assessed as the warmest year on record for the WMO's Regional Association VI domain, and the second- or third-warmest for the C3S European domain.
Hot and dry conditions also fuelled Europe's worst wildfire year on record.
The report's wildfire data showed that about 1.034 million hectares of....
