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The Copernicus Environment Modification Service (C3S), executed by the European Center for Medium Variety Weather report on behalf of the European Commission, consistently releases month-to-month environment publications reporting on modifications observed in the worldwide surface area air temperature level, sea ice, and hydrological variables All of the reported findings are based upon computer-generated analyses utilizing billions of measurements from satellites, ships, airplane, and weather condition stations around the globe.
Crucial occasions throughout June– July– August 2023:
- The June-July-August (JJA) season of 2023 was the hottest on record internationally by a large margin, with a typical temperature level of 16.77 ° C, 0.66 ° C above average.
- The European average temperature level for the summer season of 2023 was 19.63 ° C, which at 0.83 ° C above average was the 5th hottest summertime season.
- June– July– August 2023 revealed record high sea surface area temperature level (SST) abnormalities in the North Atlantic and internationally.
- The summer season of 2023 skilled marine heat waves in a number of locations around Europe, such as around Ireland and the UK in June and in the Mediterranean in July and August.
- June– July– August 2023 saw above-average rains throughout the majority of Western Europe and Turkey, with regional rains records causing flooding. This was likewise the case in western and northeastern The United States and Canada, parts of Asia, Chile and Brazil, and northwestern Australia.
- On the other hand, Iceland, the Alps, northern Scandinavia, main Europe, much of Asia, Canada, southern The United States and Canada, and the majority of South America experienced drier than typical conditions. In some areas, this caused substantial fires.
Surface area air temperature levels in August 2023:
Copernicus, Worldwide balanced surface area air temperature level abnormalities relative to 1991– 2020 for August from 1940 to 2023. Information: ERA5. Source: C3S/ ECMWF.
- August 2023 was the hottest taped August month internationally, and warmer than all other months other than July 2023.
- The worldwide mean surface area air temperature level of 16.82 ° C for August 2023 was 0.71 ° C warmer than the 1991– 2020 average for August and 0.31 ° C warmer than the previous hottest month of August 2016.
- August is approximated to have actually had to do with 1.5 degrees warmer than the pre-industrial average for 1850– 1900.
- There were heat waves in a number of areas of the Northern Hemisphere, particularly southern Europe, the southern United States and Japan.
- Well above typical temperature levels took place in Australia, a number of South American nations and around big parts of Antarctica.
- Marine air temperature levels were well above average in a number of other areas.
- The worldwide temperature level abnormality for the very first 8 months of 2023 (January– August) ranks as the 2nd hottest taped, simply 0.01 ° C over 2016, which holds the taped record.
Samantha Citizen, Deputy Director of the Copernicus Environment Modification Service (C3S), remarks: “Worldwide temperature level records continue to be broken in 2023, with the hottest month of August following the hottest documented months of July and June causing the hottest Arctic summer season in our record series going back to 1940. 2023 presently ranks as the 2nd warmest, just 0.01 ºC behind 2016 with 4 months staying in the year. On the other hand, August saw the world’s oceans record both the hottest day-to-day surface area temperature level on record and the hottest month on record. The clinical proof is frustrating– we will continue to see environment records and more extreme and regular severe weather condition occasions impacting society and communities up until we stop discharging greenhouse gases.”
Sea surface area temperature levels in August 2023:
The day-to-day worldwide sea surface area temperature level ( ° C )balanced over the area 60 ° S– 60 ° N outlined as a time series for each year from 1 January 1979 to 31 August 2023. The years 2023 and 2016 are revealed with thick lines shaded in light red and dark red, respectively. Other years are revealed with thin lines and shaded by years, from blue (1970s/80s) to brick red (2020s). Information: ERA5. Author: C3S/ ECMWF.
- Worldwide typical sea surface area temperature levels continued to increase in August, following an extended period of uncommonly heats given that April 2023.
- The day-to-day worldwide typical sea surface area temperature levels have actually gone beyond the previous highs from March 2016 every day from July 31 to August 31, 2023.
- August as a whole had actually the greatest taped worldwide month-to-month mean sea surface area temperature levels at 20.98 ° C, which was well above the August average, with an abnormality of 0.55 ° C.
- North Atlantic surface area temperature levels on August 5 were greater than the previous record of 24.81 ° C, which was determined in September 2022, and have actually been above this level practically every day given that. A brand-new high of 25.19 ° C was determined on 31 August.
- Marine heat waves established in the North Atlantic west of the Iberian Peninsula, however decreased over the majority of the Mediterranean.
- The El Niño result continued to establish over the equatorial eastern Pacific.
The sea ice scenario in August 2023:
- Antarctic sea ice degree stayed at a record low for the season, with a month-to-month worth 12 percent below par, without a doubt the biggest unfavorable discrepancy for August given that satellite observations started.
- Sea ice concentrations revealed the biggest below-average discrepancies in the northern Ross Sea and in the southern Atlantic and Indian Oceans, while above-average concentrations dominated in the Bellingshausen-Amundsen Sea sector.
- Arctic sea ice degree was longer below par than in July, 10 percent below par, however well above the record low from August 2012.
- While the majority of the main Arctic Ocean had below-average sea ice concentrations, a stretch of above-average concentrations stayed north of the Kara and Laptev Seas.
August 2023 hydrological highlights:
- August 2023 was wetter than typical throughout much of Central Europe and Scandinavia, typically with heavy rains causing flooding. It was wetter than average likewise in a longitudinal degree in Eastern Europe.
- Throughout the Iberian Peninsula, southern France, Iceland and much of eastern Europe, consisting of the southern Balkans, it was drier than regular, with fires in France, Greece, Italy and Portugal.
- It was wetter than regular in northeastern and western The United States and Canada, with Typhoon Hilary striking California and western Mexico and activating flooding. It was likewise wetter than typical throughout much of Asia, with rains triggering landslides in Tajikistan and parts of Chile and Brazil.
- It was drier than regular in the southern United States and northern Mexico, 2 latitude bands throughout Asia and big parts of South America.
More info on sea surface area temperature levels in August 2023 can be discovered here
More info about environment variations in August and environment updates from previous months, high resolution graphics and video can be downloaded here
Responses to often asked concerns about temperature level tracking can be discovered here
* The worldwide sea surface area temperature level (SST) results provided here are based upon ERA5 SST information balanced over the 60 ° S– 60 ° N domain. Keep In Mind that ERA5 SSTs are quotes of ocean temperature level at about 10 m depth (referred to as base temperature level). The outcomes, e.g. date of peak in 2023, might vary from other SST services that supply temperature level quotes at various depths, such as 20 cm depth for NOAA’s OISST.
Info about the C3S information set and how it is assembled:
Temperature level and hydrology maps and information are from ECMWF Copernicus Environment Modification Service ERA5 information.
Sea ice maps and information are from a mix of info from ERA5, along with from EUMETSAT OSI SAF Sea Ice Index v2.1, Sea Ice Concentration CDR/ICDR v2 and fast lane information supplied on demand by OSI SAF.
Regional averages noted have the following longitude/latitude limits: Entire Earth, 180W– 180E, 90S– 90N. Overall Europe, 25W– 40E, 34N– 72N, overland just.
More info is offered here
Info on nationwide information and effect:
Info on nationwide information and effect is based upon nationwide and local reports. For information see the particular month’s temperature level and hydrological C3S environment publication.
C3S has actually followed the World Meteorological Company (WMO) suggestion to utilize the most current 30-year duration to compute climatological averages and altered to the 1991-2020 recommendation duration for its C3S Environment Publications covering January 2021 onwards. Figures and graphics for both the brand-new and previous duration (1981-2010) are attended to openness.
More info about the recommendation duration utilized can be discovered here
About Copernicus and ECMWF
Copernicus becomes part of the European Union’s area program, moneyed by the EU, and is its flagship Earth observation program. Business runs through 6 thematic services: Environment, Marine, Land, Environment Modification, Security and Emergencies. It provides easily offered functional information and services that supply users with trusted and updated info about our world and its environment. The program is collaborated and handled by the European Commission and executed in collaboration with Member States, the European Area Firm (ESA), the European Company for Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT), the European Center for Medium-Distance Weather Report (ECMWF), EU firms and Mercator Océan, and others.
ECMWF runs 2 services from the EU’s Copernicus Earth observation program: the Copernicus Environment Keeping An Eye On Service (WEBCAMS) and the Copernicus Environment Modification Service (C3S). They likewise add to the Copernicus Emergency Situation Management Service (CEMS), which is executed by the EU’s Joint Research study Council (JRC). The European Center for Medium-Range Weather Report (ECMWF) is an independent intergovernmental company supported by 35 states. It is both a research study institute and a 24/7 functional service that produces and distributes mathematical weather report to its member states. This information is totally offered to the nationwide meteorological services of the Member States. The supercomputer center (and associated information archive) at ECMWF is among the biggest of its kind in Europe and member states can utilize 25 percent of its capability for their own functions.
ECMWF has actually broadened the variety of places where it runs. In addition to the head office in the UK and the Computing Center in Italy, brand-new workplaces concentrating on activities performed in collaboration with the EU, such as Copernicus, will be found in Bonn, Germany.
Copernicus Environment Keeping an eye on Service web: http://atmosphere.copernicus.eu/
More info about Copernicus: www.copernicus.eu
ECMWF web: https://www.ecmwf.int/
Included image: Copernicus Environment Modification Service, Sea surface area temperature level abnormality ( ° C) for August 2023, relative to the 1991-2020 recommendation duration. Information source: ERA5. Credit: Copernicus Environment Modification Service/ECMWF.
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