According to data from the Copernicus Climate Change Service of the European Union (EU), last month the global average temperature rose 0.60 degrees above the 1991-2020 average to 14.96 degrees, making it the second-warmest April on record.
Last April, which was 0.07 cooler than April 2024, the record holder, and 0.07 degrees warmer than 2016, when the third-warmest April occurred, was 1.51 degrees above the 1850-1900 pre-industrial average.
Thus, in 21 of the last 22 months, the global average temperature was measured at 1.5 degrees above the pre-industrial level. The May 2024-April 2025 period, meanwhile, was measured at 0.70 above the 1991-2020 average and 1.58 degrees above the pre-industrial average.
Last month, the average temperature over land areas across Europe was measured at 9.38 degrees, 1.01 degrees above the 1991-2020 April average, making it the 6th warmest April in Europe. Temperatures were below average in the eastern parts of Türkiye, Bulgaria and Romania.
