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According to Geosphere, it is already clear by the end of the month that this will be the third warmest June in Austria’s recorded history. “Taking into account the forecast for the last days of the month, June 2025 is 2.9 degrees above the average for the 1991 to 2020 climate period in Austria’s lowlands and 3.7 degrees on the mountains,” explained Geosphere climatologist Alexander Orlik in a press release on Friday.
This puts Austria’s lowlands in third place in the series of warmest June months in the 259-year measurement history and the mountains in third place in the 175-year mountain measurement series. Both in the lowlands and in the mountains, the June months of 2019 and 2003 continue to occupy first and second place. Compared to the 1961-1990 climate period, which was not yet so strongly influenced by global warming, June 2025 was 4.8 degrees above average in the lowlands and 5.7 degrees above average in the mountains.
New federal state heat record for Carinthia
A new federal state heat record for June was also recorded, namely 38.3 degrees Celsius in Feistritz ob Bleiburg on June 26 for the federal state of Carinthia, previously 38 degrees measured on June 27, 2019, in Hermagor and in Dellach/Drautal. There were also several new June heat records for the respective measuring stations on June 26; for example, 37.9 degrees in Klagenfurt, 37.8 degrees in Ferlach (both in Carinthia), and 36.7 degrees in Bad Radkersburg in Styria.
The number of hours of sunshine was also extreme in June 2025, which was 40 percent above the long-term average in Austria’s nationwide evaluation. This means second place in the series of the sunniest Junes since the sunshine measurement series began in 1925. June 2019 is right at the top with 47 percent more hours of sunshine than the long-term average. Despite some regionally severe storms, the month remained relatively dry, with 30 percent less precipitation than the long-term average.
- source: APA/picture: Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay
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