The first three weeks of July 2023 have been the hottest global three-week period so far. In the summer months of 2023, twice as many people in Germany were exposed to daily temperatures of 35 °C (95 °F) and higher than the average from 1980 to 1999. This is obvious from a study published recently b
y Karlsruhe Institute of Technology . Researchers from KIT’s Center for Disaster Management and Risk Reduction Technology report that the European population’s exposure to heat was highest in Italy.
In the summer of the year 2023, several hot spells of variable length and intensity occurred partly simultaneously in different regions of the northern hemisphere. In their “Untersuchung der globalen Hitzewelle im Jahr 2023” , researchers of the Forensic Disaster Analysis Task Force Group of KIT’s CEDIM analyzed the record temperatures reached and the population’s exposure to heat.
On a global scale, the first three weeks of July 2023 were the hottest three-week period ever. The daily record, a global surface temperature of 17.08 degreesIn July 2023, extreme temperatures and new country records – official confirmation by the World Meteorological Organization is still pending –were reached in the Mediterranean countries, including North Africa and the Middle East. Record-breaking temperatures were also reported by the USA, Canada, and China.
“In July 2023, extraordinarily persistent high-pressure areas prevailed in the regions affected by the high temperatures. Here, descending air masses contributed significantly to warming and the local development of the heat wave,” Schäfer says.The researchers also studied the population’s exposure to heat. In Germany, about seven million people were exposed to daily maximum temperatures higher than 25 degrees Celsius .
Reference: “CEDIM Forensic Disaster Analysis Group: Untersuchung der globalen Hitzewelle im Jahr 2023” by Andreas Schäfer, Bernhard Mühr, Florian Kaiser, Denise Heike Böhnke, Susanna Mohr and Michael Kunz, 8 August 2023,CEDIM is an interdisciplinary institution of KIT that performs research on disasters, risks, and security.
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