Hottest June ever in North America

Parts of the United States and Canada have been hit by a massive heat wave in the past few weeks, which has led to numerous forest fires. “These heat waves don’t take place in a vacuum. They take place in a global, warming climate environment, which makes their occurrence more likely, ”said climate researcher Julien Nicolas of Copernicus on Wednesday.

In the Canadian province of British Columbia, a new daily temperature record was set for three days in a row in June. According to Copernicus, the temperature in the region in June was 1.2 degrees above the average for the years 1991 to 2020. For Europe it was the second warmest June since records began, and the fourth warmest worldwide, along with June 2018.