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The heat wave that settled in the Arctic Zone in June caused atypical temperatures in this region. In Siberia, for example, the average temperature was almost 10 degrees above normal, the record in more than a century according to the Hydrometeorological Center of Russia.
The maximum recorded temperature was about 40 degrees a value that places this area of the globe to compete directly … with the Alentejo. According to the Climatological Bulletin of the Portuguese Institute of Sea and Atmosphere (IPMA), the highest value reached last month was 40.9º, in Coruche, the 18th. [19659003] Incidentally, recorded in Siberia is still higher than the average of the maximum temperature recorded during the month in Portugal – 25.7º – and the average value of the hottest day, precisely June 18 – 34.6º.
Also the June report of the World Meteorological Organization shows that the coldest regions are affected by a heat wave: in Lapland, it reaches the 33rd and in Helsinki, capital of Finland, thermometers exceed 30º. In addition, Sweden is one of the most affected countries with more than 50 active fires.
The country has even asked for help from the European Union through the European Civil Protection Mechanism.
In statements to El País, the American meteorologist In Upsalla, 70 kilometers north of Stockholm, the record temperatures are above 33 degrees. Nicholas Humphrey says that these phenomena are related to climate change: "No event in itself is caused by climate change, but the increase in extreme and more frequent weather events is a sign. This wave fits into the scenario caused by the sudden warming of the Arctic since the 1980s. "
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