Scott Duncan
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09/09/2025
August 2025... A month which was split with notable extremes. Cool and windy for some but hot and sunny for others. We had an exceptional wind storm early in the month (Floris) which impacted northwest Europe and strong heat made return for many, especially in the west. Southern and western areas ended up on the warmer side for the month overall while the north and east ended up cool. A wet month for the Adriatic with Podgorica in Montenegro recording nearly 400% of the average rainfall. Drier than normal in the west with places like Lisbon only receiving 11% of average rain.
Another insane month for Northeast Asia. Tokyo came in nearly 3°C hotter than average for the month overall.
north America was split hot in the west and cool in the east.
Australia was widely cooler than average. Notably wet in western half of the country.
Africa hotter than normal in the north, mixed to slightly cooler than average in the south with heavy rains for Namibia, Botswana and far northern parts of South Africa.
South America was widely cooler than average away from Central/Southern Argentina.
What is going on in the Mediterranean?
The sea surfaces have been warmer than normal for a long time now but recently have entered 'beast mode'. This is yet another exceptional marine heatwave. The western Mediterranean is at record levels for this time of the year. Sea surface temperatures are already in the mid twenties Celsius. We know from the past that summers which sustain these sorts of events can be very impactful for especially for shallow water ecosystems.
Marine heatwaves are amplified by still atmospheric conditions (lack of wind stress under high pressure with limited cloud cover). Ocean circulation and air temperature also plays a role but background climate change has fingerprints all over the intensity and growing coverage of these events globally.
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