2024 European State of the Climate (ESOTC) report
Key messages:
a)
#Europe experienced its warmest year, with the second highest number of heat stress days and tropical nights, on record.
b)
The area of Europe experiencing days with temperatures below freezing is decreasing, with the year seeing the largest area on record with fewer than three months (90 days) of frost days. The number of ‘cold stress days’ was the lowest on record.
c)
For the European region and for the Mediterranean Sea, the annual sea surface temperature was the highest on record. It was also the warmest year on record for European lakes.
d)
#Glaciers in #Scandinavia and #Svalbard saw their highest recorded annual rates of mass loss. They also saw the largest mass loss of any #glacier region globally.
e)
Western Europe saw one of the ten wettest years on record and Europe experienced the most widespread #flooding since 2013.
f)
The year saw a record proportion of electricity generation by renewables, at 45%
https://climate.copernicus.eu/esotc/2024
Report (PDF):
https://climate.copernicus.eu/sites/default/files/custom-uploads/ESOTC-2024/press-resources/ESOTC-2024-report.pdf
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