The beginning of 2015 was the hottest since … 1880! – The Parisian

August 20, 2015, 5:35 p.m. | Updated: August 20, 2015, 6:36 p.m.

With overall temperature of 16.61 ° C, July is that of all records: not only is it the warmest July since 1880, but the temperature “was also the highest in a month the period 1880-2015, “said NOAA in a statement.

The average temperature for combined land surface and oceans in July 2015 is located 0.81 ° C above the twentieth century average (15.8 ° C), surpassing 0.08 degree the previous record set in July 1998. The temperature in July is currently increasing by 0.65 degree C per century on average, said the US agency.

A phenomenon that hit France in July which was exceptionally beautiful and more. Absolute temperature records fell, not just in the South-as 41.1 ° C Saint-Etienne (Loire) July 7 or August 7 with 38.7 ° in Strasbourg.

Our European neighbors have had hot too!

According to Meteo France, Spain, July was the warmest since records began with a national average of 26.5 ° C. In Cordoba, the 40 ° C were achieved with eighteen times, July 6, peaked at 45.2 ° C! “Spain, which expects close to 68 million tourists, reached attendance records,” said Didier Arino, director of Protourisme. Italy has also experienced its hottest July since records began. Finally, Croatia, another record was set: the Adriatic Sea, the island of Hvar has experienced an average of 28.2 ° C

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