{"id":458529,"date":"2026-07-01T10:55:02","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T08:55:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/2026\/07\/01\/mari-bollenti-e-record-riscaldamento-oceanico-a-giugno-2098c\/"},"modified":"2026-07-01T11:48:02","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T09:48:02","slug":"warm-seas-ocean-temperatures-hit-a-record-20-98c-in-june","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/2026\/07\/01\/warm-seas-ocean-temperatures-hit-a-record-20-98c-in-june\/","title":{"rendered":"Warm seas: ocean temperatures hit a record 20.98\u00b0C in June"},"content":{"rendered":"

Brussels \u2013 Ocean warming in June has reached record levels: daily global sea surface temperatures for this time of year have exceeded the records observed in 2023 and 2024. This has been confirmed by Copernicus Climate Change Service<\/a> and Copernicus Marine<\/a>, which report \u201cthe highest ocean warmth ever recorded for this period.<\/strong>\u201d\u00a0According to forecasts, \u201cthis record is expected to have consequences for both weather patterns, global climate, and marine ecosystems,” said\u00a0the Copernicus Earth Observation Services of the European Union\u2019s space programme, noting that forecasts point to a likely strong El Ni\u00f1o.<\/p>\n

More specifically, daily data on sea surface temperatures (SST)<\/strong> “exceeded the 2024 levels on 21 June <\/strong><\/strong>at 20.86\u00baC, marginally above the 20.83\u00baC observed in 2023 and 2024.\u00a0Copernicus Marine daily SST data also indicate record-high temperatures on 21 June, reaching 21.0 \u00b0C and beating the previous records from 2023 and 2024 by 0.1 \u00b0C.”<\/p>\n

This new global sea surface temperature record for the time of year “was expected with the onset of El Ni\u00f1o conditions in the Equatorial Pacific,” namely the abnormal warming of the ocean surface, \u201cannounced by the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) on 2 June<\/a>,\u00a0in addition to unusually high SST observed in several ocean regions over recent months.\u201d\u00a0This record-breaking warming reflects “both our changing climate and the onset of an El Ni\u00f1o event whose strength, according to the C3S ensemble of seasonal forecast models, is likely to reach levels not seen in decades,\u201d the organisation said.<\/p>\n

A warmer ocean, Copernicus explains, “has wide-ranging impacts. Higher ocean temperatures keep the atmosphere warm for longer, provide extra energy to storms and increase evaporation, thus enhancing the potential for extreme precipitation and flooding. Ocean warming also contributes to sea-level rise and ice melt\u00a0<\/strong>and stresses marine ecosystems. Higher SSTs are also associated with more frequent and intense marine heatwaves\u2014periods of unusually high ocean temperatures that disrupt ecosystems and fisheries, affect coastal economies, which can also intensify heat extremes over nearby land areas. Additionally, an El Ni\u00f1o event is a source of heat for the atmosphere, increasing global temperature and shifting weather patterns across the globe.\u201d<\/p>\n

Carlo Buontempo<\/strong>, director of the Copernicus Climate Change Service, pointed out that \u201cCurrent conditions could indicate the beginning of a new phase, leading, once more, to uncharted territory. With ocean temperatures at these levels and El Ni\u00f1o on the horizon, we are likely to see more temperature records fall in the coming months.<\/strong>\u201d<\/p>\n

In collaboration with Agenzia Gea: <\/i>https:\/\/geagency.it\/clima-e-ambiente\/mari-bollenti-e-record-riscaldamento-oceanico-a-giugno-a-2098c\/<\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This is confirmed by data from the Copernicus Climate Change Service and the Copernicus Marine Service. Director Buontempo said: \u201cWith ocean temperatures at these levels and El Ni\u00f1o on the horizon, we are likely to see more temperature records fall in the coming months.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7915,"featured_media":458510,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"format":"standard","override":[{"template":"1","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"1","layout":"right-sidebar","sidebar":"default-sidebar","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"top","share_float_style":"share-monocrhome","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_category":"1","show_post_reading_time":"0","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","post_calculate_word_method":"str_word_count","show_zoom_button":"0","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"1","show_prev_next_post":"1","show_popup_post":"1","show_comment_section":"1","number_popup_post":"1","show_author_box":"0","show_post_related":"1","show_inline_post_related":"0"}],"image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-500","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","disable_ad":"0","subtitle":""},"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_override_counter":{"view_counter_number":"0","share_counter_number":"0","like_counter_number":"0","dislike_counter_number":"0"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[25712],"tags":[26512,34543,30153,28852,31417,33085],"class_list":["post-458529","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general-news","tag-copernicus-and","tag-el-nino","tag-warming-global-en","tag-mari-en","tag-oceani-en","tag-temperature"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/458529","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7915"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=458529"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/458529\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":458531,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/458529\/revisions\/458531"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/458510"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=458529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=458529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=458529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}