Europe has heated up rapidly in recent decades

European monthly average surface air temperature anomalies from 1981-2010 average for month, land only*, C

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-2

-4

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2020

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-6C

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1990

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2010

2015

2020

Guardian graphic. Source: ERA5, Copernicus Climate Change Service/ECMWF. *European land area from 25W-40E and 34N-72N

Guardian graphic. Source: ERA5, Copernicus Climate Change Service/ECMWF. *European land area from 25W-40E and 34N-72N