According to the IPMA, the estimated average air temperature shows a deviation of +0.7 °C in relation to the average for the period 1991-2020.

In several regions of the Northern Hemisphere, particularly in southern Europe, heat waves of high intensity and extension were recorded, with average air temperature anomalies of around +4°C being recorded in Italy, Greece and Spain.

This climatic phenomenon was directly related to the anticyclonic circulation that transported very hot and very dry air masses from North Africa towards the south of Europe.

In North Africa and the Canadian Arctic, very high air temperatures were also recorded, with anomalies of +5 °C and +7 °C, respectively.