Autumn in Europe third warmest on record, new data shows

A World Meteorological Organization report from last month found the Greenland ice sheet lost mass for the 26th consecutive year and in 2022 — for the first time — it rained rather than snowed during September. Picture: AP /Felipe Dana

Autumn in Europe has been the third warmest on record, with the west of the continent experiencing particularly higher temperatures than normal.

The EU's Copernicus Climate Change Service latest data show that globally, November was the fifth warmest recorded — cooler globally than the Novembers of 2012 and 2015 to 2021, but warmer than all other Novembers.