Emergency Response Coordination Centre (ERCC) – DG ECHO Daily Map | 14/06/2021 World | Temperature Anomalies in May 2021
The global average temperature for May 2021 was about 0.26ºC higher than the 1991-2020 average ARCTIC OCEAN for the same month. Globally, and despite lower regional temperatures e.g., across parts of Europe, May 2021 was warmer than any other May in the 1979-2015 period. NORTH Temperatures were above average over northern ATLANTIC Africa, the Middle East, The Caucasus, Central Asia OCEAN NORTH and most of Siberia. Other regions of the world with PACIFIC OCEAN above-average temperatures include northern Greenland, western Alaska and western USA, south- east Asia, and western Australia. Antarctica, in the vicinity of the Weddell Sea, also experienced above- average temperatures. During May 2021, below-average temperatures occurred across most of Europe (except for southern Europe), most Canada, India, north-eastern Asia, southern Africa, over most East and parts of West Antarctica. Source: Copernicus Climate Change Service (CCCS): Surface air temperature for May 2021
0.8 Monthly global-mean surface air temperature Surface temperature anomalies*, from January 1979 to May 2021 0.6 anomalies* in May 2021 *Relative to 1991-2020 reference period SOUTH (°C, measured at 2 metres) 0.4 ATLANTIC Source: INDIAN OCEAN OCEAN Copernicus Climate Change Service (CCCS) 0.2 9 0
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1979 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 2020 2021 -4 Latest additional overview maps on global temperature anomalies -6 SOUTHERN OCEAN have been produced as DG ECHO Daily Maps, available on the ERCC Daily Map Portal. -9 © European Union, 2021. Map produced by the JRC. The boundaries and the names shown on this map do not imply official endorsement *Relative to the 1991-2020 reference period or acceptance by the European Union. Average daily Arctic sea ice concentration in May 2021 Antarctic sea ice concentration in May 2021 *Daily interpolated SOUTHERN maximum temperature Bering SOUTH OCEAN maximum air NORTH Sea +1.5 PACIFIC OCEAN ATLANTIC (°C) for May 2021 temperature using OCEAN across Europe* around 4,000 Source: JRC-EDO, weather stations. Average sea ice cover anomalies1 Average sea ice cover anomalies1 JRC-Agri4Cast, JRC-MARS -100% -50% 0% 50% 100% -100% -50% 0% 50% 100% +35 to +38 Chukchi Weddell May average ice edge 1991-2020 Sea May average ice edge 1991-2020 Sea EAST +30 to +35 Source: CCCS sea ice cover Source: CCCS sea ice cover ANTARCTICA Ronne +25 to +30 Beaufort In May 2021, the sea ice extent was 12.6 Sea Ice shelf million km2, which is approximately 2% +20 to +25 Laptev Bellingshausen NORTH below the 1991-2020 average for May. In Sea In May 2021, Antarctic sea ice extent Sea +15 to +20 ATLANTIC this month, the Arctic melting season for ARCTIC was very close to the 1991-2020 OCEAN sea ice is ongoing. Though below average OCEAN average. It reached on average 10.4 WEST +10 to +15 anomalies dominated, there was a million km2 (less than 0.1%) below the ANTARCTICA +1.5 to +10 mixture of above and below average average for May. Sea ice concentrations anomalies around the Arctic. The largest were above average from Bellingshausen No Data below average anomalies were recorded Sea to the eastern Ross Sea, while below Amundsen in the Labrador Sea and in the northern average concentrations were recorded in Sea Ross Barents Sea. the northern Weddell Sea and northern Sea Barents Ross Sea. Sea Labrador 1 1 Positive percentages indicate areas Sea Positive percentages indicate areas with greater than average ice with greater than average ice concentration, whilst negative concentration, whilst negative +35 percentages indicate areas with less NORTH percentages indicate areas with less Mediterranean Sea than average ice concentration. ATLANTIC OCEAN than average ice concentration. SOUTHERN OCEAN