Western Europe endured its hottest June on record last month, as back-to-back heatwaves swept across the region, the EU’s climate monitor, Copernicus, reported on Wednesday.

According to the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), the intense heat pushed daily average temperatures in Western Europe to rarely seen levels and never this early in the summer.

The soaring temperatures exposed millions of residents to extreme heat stress across multiple countries.

Globally, June 2025 ranked as the third warmest June ever recorded, continuing a trend of record-breaking temperatures in recent years driven by human-induced greenhouse gas emissions. The previous hottest June occurred in 2024, while 2023 held the second-highest spot until now.

The report highlighted that Europe, in particular, is warming several times faster than the global average, making the continent especially vulnerable to extreme weather events like heatwaves.

Climate experts warn that without urgent action to curb emissions, such extreme temperature patterns could become the new normal.