Temperatures in Europe in 2022 were the second warmest on record after 2020 (a difference of 0.3°C), according to data released by the European Union’s Earth observation programme, Copernicus, on Tuesday 10 January as part of its 2022 Global Climate Highlights report.
According to the document, all of Europe, except Iceland, experienced annual temperatures above the 1991-2020 average. Several western and southern European countries (Portugal, Spain, France, UK, Italy, Luxembourg,...