欧盟气候监测机构报告，全球海洋七月平均表面温度达到20.96°C，创下有记录以来的最高水平[1]。这一数据超越了2023年同期的20.89°C[1]，部分原因源于太平洋地区正在发展的厄尔尼诺条件[1]。同期，全球气温相比工业化前高出1.47°C[1]。
西欧地区在此期间遭遇极端热浪，六月和七月的平均温度达到21.62°C，较正常水平高出2.79°C[1]，导致极端野火频发[1]。英国七月成为过去190年来最干旱的月份[1]。欧盟气候监测机构官员指出，"这清楚地表明气候变化如何加剧热极端，热浪和干旱越来越相互强化"[1]。另有官员表示，"我们现在正生活在历史性且前所未有的变化时代"[1]。此外，当前海平面上升中约有三分之一源于海水的热膨胀[1]。
Global ocean surface temperatures reached an unprecedented average of 20.96°C in July, surpassing the previous record of 20.89°C set in 2023.[1] The European Union's climate monitoring agency attributed the surge partly to developing El Niño conditions in the Pacific.[1] Meanwhile, global temperatures stood 1.47°C above pre-industrial levels.[1]
Western Europe experienced particularly severe conditions, recording average temperatures of 21.62°C across June and July—2.79°C above normal—triggering widespread extreme wildfires throughout the region.[1] The United Kingdom endured its driest July in 190 years.[1] According to climate experts, roughly one-third of current sea level rise originates from thermal expansion of warming ocean water.[1]
Samantha Burgess characterized the findings as clear evidence of how "climate change is intensifying heat extremes, with heat waves and droughts becoming increasingly self-reinforcing."[1] Mike Kendon added that "we are now living in a time of historic and unprecedented change."[1]