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Ireland experiences third warmest spring on record
Met Éireann's climate statement for Spring 2026 shows that the last three months were the third-warmest on record in Ireland since 1900.
"WARMEST" · 총 15건
필터 보기현재 지수
50.3
0 = 부정 우세
50 = 중립
100 = 긍정 우세
최근 7일 기준 82,601건을 분석한 결과, 뉴스 심리지수는 50.3(균형)입니다. 긍정 4,278건(5.2%)·중립 76,218건(92.3%)·부정 2,105건(2.5%)이며, 중립 비중이 뚜렷하게 높습니다. 성향 지수는 종합 14.8(중도 균형)입니다.
Met Éireann's climate statement for Spring 2026 shows that the last three months were the third-warmest on record in Ireland since 1900.
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Spring 2026 was warm, dry and sunny for the UK with an early spell of heat in late May making the warmest for many.
The sizzling heatwave at the end of May has earned the whole of this spring a place in the history books - after it was declared the warmest in England and Wales.
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Global average temperatures are likely to continue at or near record levels this year and for the next four years afterwards, the United Nations warned on Thursday. The 11 hottest individual years ever recorded all happened from 2015 onwards and the UN’s weather and climate agency said the trend was set to continue, with a new hottest-ever year “likely” before 2031. There is a 75 per cent chance that the 2026-2030 five-year mean temperature will surpass the key threshold of 1.5 degrees Celsius above the 1850-1900 pre-industrial average, the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) said. The WMO outlook comes as western Europe swelters under a “heat dome” of warm air, breaking temperature records for May in Britain and France. “Global average temperatures are likely to continue at or near record levels in the next five years,” the agency said. “It is likely (86pc chance) that one year between 2026 and 2030 will surpass 2024 as the warmest year on record.” El Nino effect on 2027 “There is an El Nino predicted for the end of 2026, which increases the chances of the following year, 2027, being the next record-breaking year,” said Leon Hermanson, lead author of the WMO’s Global Annual-to-Decadal Update. The last El Nino contributed to making 2023 the second-hottest year on record and 2024 the all-time high at around 1.55 degrees Celsius above the pre-industrial average. El Nino is a natural climate phenomenon that warms surface temperatures in the central and eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean, bringing worldwide changes in winds, pressure and rainfall patterns. It typically takes place every two to seven years and lasts around nine to 12 months. 1.3 to 1.9 degrees Celsius range The 2015 Paris climate accords aimed to limit global warming to well below 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels — and preferably below 1.5 degrees Celsius. The targets are calculated relative to the 1850-1900 average, before humanity widely began industrially burning coal, oil and gas, which emit carbon dioxide — the greenhouse gas largely responsible for climate change. “Annual global mean near-surface temperatures during 2026-2030 are predicted to range between 1.3 and 1.9 degrees Celsius above the 1850-1900 average,” the WMO update said. The WMO said there was a 91pc chance that global average temperatures will temporarily exceed 1.5 degrees Celsius above the pre-industrial baseline for at least one year between 2026 and 2030. Furthermore, there is a 75pc chance that the entire 2026-2030 five-year mean will exceed 1.5 degrees Celsius above the 1850-1900 average. However, it is considered exceptionally unlikely — less than 1pc — that any single year will exceed 2 degrees Celsius above the pre-industrial baseline in the next five years. Arctic heat warning The 1.5 degrees Celsius barrier is expected to be broken with increasing frequency. The 1.5 and 2 degrees Celsius limits in the Paris accords refer to sustained long-term warming — typically over 20 years — so temporary breaches do not necessarily mean the long-term goal is out of reach. Last year was one of the three warmest years on record, with the globally averaged near-surface temperature estimated at more than 1.43 degrees Celsius above the 1850-1900 baseline. The report was produced by Britain’s Met Office national weather service and the WMO’s lead centre for annual to decadal climate prediction. It compiles forecasts from 13 different institutes. The report said Arctic temperatures over the next five northern hemisphere winters (November to March) were predicted to be 2.8 degrees Celsius above average temperatures for 1991-2020 — more than triple the global temperature anomaly for the same period. Predicted precipitation patterns for May to September from 2026 to 2030 forecast wet anomalies in the Sahel, northern Europe, Alaska and Siberia, as well as dry anomalies over the Amazon.
Western Europe faced another day of record-breaking temperatures on Tuesday as a heatwave pushed the mercury well above normal levels for May. A so-called “heat dome” of warm air from northern Africa trapped under a high-pressure system over western Europe is behind the sort of heat not usually seen until high summer. “It’s a bit worrying because it’s not really normal at this time of year, but unfortunately, I think this is going to become the norm in France,” student Chloe Voisin, 22, told AFP while touring the southwestern city of Bordeaux. Britain and France both reported that Monday was the warmest day in the month of May on record — with the French weather agency expecting Tuesday to be even hotter. French authorities on Tuesday also reported at least seven deaths linked to the heatwave — five of which were drownings, as many people sought relief on beaches and other bodies of water. Scientists say human-driven climate change is amplifying such extremes, with weather events like heatwaves, droughts and floods becoming more intense and frequent. The United Kingdom’s Met Office weather agency said Monday saw record highs of 34.8°C at Kew Gardens, southwest London — a full two degrees above the previous high. Swiss tourist Philippe Bignens, 56, visiting London with his father, told AFP they had to change plans and retreat to their hotel to avoid being outside at the hottest time of day. “If you’re not concerned about global warming, you must be deaf, blind altogether, right? So it is there, yes. We have to be concerned and try to do something about it,” he said. The Met Office forecast a drop later in the week. Met Office meteorologist Greg Dewhurst told AFP the increase in extreme temperatures was “a good indication of climate change in action” and more likely to become “the new norm”. “It is worrying, because it’s… very hard watching older people in heat, like suffering a lot,” said Renata Stankeviciute, 43, a Lithuanian chef living in London. People gather in Buttes Chaumont park, as temperatures reached up to 35°C, during a period of hot weather in Paris, France on May 25, 2026. —Reuters “I’m working in the kitchen, so it’s atrocious,” she added. A record May temperature of 28.8°C was recorded at two of Ireland’s weather stations amid the current blast of heat, Met Eireann data showed. Deadly turn Across the English Channel, tennis fans in Paris baked in temperatures of 33°C at Roland Garros, with players having to battle through the stifling heat. After recording 34.7°C in the western town of Bergerac on Monday, highs of 36°C were expected in some regions on Tuesday, the French weather agency forecast. Meteo-France said the spell was likely to last at least until the end of the week. Government authorities also noted the heat had taken a deadly turn. “What I can say today is that there have been seven deaths directly or indirectly related to the heat,” government spokesperson Maud Bregeon told television broadcaster TF1 on Tuesday. The heat drove many people to the country’s beaches to cool off in the water, even though lifeguard supervision is not due to start in many areas until July. “We were just wondering this morning whether the beach was supervised,” Thomas Dupuy told AFP while visiting a beach in the southwestern city of Anglet with his two young children. “I’m extremely careful for myself, for my children who can’t swim yet,” he added. “We know the currents can pull you out, the Atlantic beaches are dangerous.” Work affected Benjamin Boisson, a fruit grower in southern France, said he’s worried the extreme fluctuation in temperature would cause a sharp drop in production, as well as complicate storage. Already, a previous warm weather spell forced him to harvest apricots five days earlier than planned this year, on May 1, he said. “That may not seem like much, but it changes everything. The major retailers weren’t ready and are still selling Spanish apricots when they should have switched over to French ones,” he said. Spain’s State Meteorological Agency (Aemet) also warned of “extraordinarily high temperatures for this time of year” that will continue across the country all week, except in the Canary Islands, in the Atlantic Ocean. “Widespread tropical nights” are also forecast in southwestern Spain from Wednesday, with temperatures peaking from Wednesday to Friday at between 36°C and 38°C, it wrote on X. Farther east, Italy’s Lazio region, which includes Rome, on Monday approved rules limiting work in conditions “with prolonged exposure in the sun” between 12:30 pm and 4:00 pm. Europe is the continent that has experienced the fastest warming since 1990, closely followed by Asia, with North America in third place, according to data from the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
It comes after the UK recorded its warmest May night on Sunday when temperatures reached 19.4C.
The weather office said this was the highest minimum temperature since 2012.
It's the hottest May day on record in Britain, with temperatures reaching 34.5C and expected to soar even more on what is the warmest Bank Holiday ever.
It comes as parts of the country were as hot as the Mediterranean on Sunday, with the UK enjoying its hottest May day for at least 79 years.
Yellow alert for heatwave issued for the capital
Blistering Britain is facing its first-ever May 'tropical night' as the month was officially declared on track to be the warmest ever.
Countries: Mexico, Dominica, Suriname, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Please refer to the attached Infographic. KEY FIGURES 2K people displaced due to escalating violence in May across three Mexican states 739K people reached by humanitarian response in Venezuela (Jan-Apr 2026) 13K estimated heat-related deaths annually across 17 countries in the region MEXICO: DISPLACEMENT At least 2,000 people fled their homes across Guerrero, Michoacán, and Durango in early May as criminal violence triggered three separate displacement events. An estimated 390,000 people were already living in displacement due to conflict and violence at end-2025, according to the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC), while a 2025 government survey estimated nearly 250,000 households were forced to flee in 2024 alone. Indigenous and rural communities in all three states are among the most exposed. The UN’s internal displacement working group has stepped up coordination across all three cases to assess needs and scale up support. CARIBBEAN: FLOODING In southern Suriname, approximately 3,384 people across eight villages in the Tapanahony and Coeroeni areas face crop losses and deteriorating access conditions — with fuel constraints threatening air and river operations that remote indigenous communities depend on. In Dominica, a late-April trough system caused flooding, landslides, and infrastructure damage across several communities, including the Kalinago Territory; saturated soils and slope instability raise concern that additional rainfall could worsen conditions. The Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) deployed a technical team for hydrometeorological, geological, and engineering assessments. In Suriname, the National Coordination Center for Disaster Management (NCCR) is leading the national response, with UN agencies prepared to provide targeted support. VENEZUELA: HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE Between January and April 2026, 739,000 people (62 per cent women and girls) accessed essential services through the humanitarian response in Venezuela. In coordination with national and local authorities, assistance continued across key sectors. The clusters that reached the largest number of people were Health, Food Security and Livelihoods, and Nutrition. The response, implemented by 97 humanitarian organizations, covered 253 municipalities across all states. As of 20 May, the humanitarian response in Venezuela has mobilized US$97.4 million, which covers 15.4 per cent of the funding requirements for the Humanitarian Response Plan this year. REGIONAL: CLIMATE Every major climate indicator in Latin America and the Caribbean worsened or held at historically bad levels in 2025, according to a World Meteorological Organization (WMO) report published 18 May. Temperatures ranked among the fifth to eighth warmest on record, with Mexico warming fastest at 0.34°C per decade since 1991. Sea levels along the northern Atlantic coast of South America and across Central America and the Caribbean rose faster than the global average. Andean glaciers lost mass at an accelerating rate, threatening freshwater for roughly 90 million people. An estimated 13,000 heat-attributable deaths occur annually across 17 countries in the region — a figure WMO considers a significant undercount due to inconsistent national reporting.
The warmest weather of the year is forecast for later this week after early rain.