Monthly Report on Global Extreme Climate Events

Extreme climate events and weather-related disasters during this period

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Monthly mean temperatures were extremely high from western Japan to northeastern China, from Southeast Asia to the southern part of South Asia, from the northwestern part of East Asia to the southern Middle East via Central Asia, from western Europe to the Mediterranean region, in the western part of Western Africa and from the southern part of North America to the central part of South America via Central America.
Monthly precipitation amounts were extremely high in and around eastern Turkey, in and around northwestern Russia, in and around the northeastern USA, in and around northern Argentina and in southern Australia.
Monthly precipitation amounts were extremely low in Southeast Asia, from eastern to central Europe and from the southern USA to eastern Mexico.

	Type	Area	Remarks
1	Heavy Rain	Chiba, Japan	It was reported that heavy rains caused 13 fatalities in Chiba, Japan (Fire and Disaster Management Agency of Japan).
2	Warm	From western Japan to northeastern China	The monthly mean temperature in the Republic of Korea was the second highest on record for August since 1973 (Korea Meteorological Administration). In southeastern Republic of Korea 42.5 degrees Celsius was recorded at Yangsan on 2 August, which is a new national maximum temperature record in the Republic of Korea (Korea Meteorological Administration).
3	Heavy Rain	The Philippines	It was reported that heavy rains caused at least 30 fatalities in the Philippines (UN OCHA, EM-DAT).
4	Dry	Southeast Asia
5	Warm	From Southeast Asia to the southern part of South Asia	The monthly mean temperature in Indonesia was the highest on record for August since 1991 (Indonesian Agency for Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics). The monthly mean temperature in India was the second highest on record for August since 1901 (India Meteorological Department).
6	Flash flood	Nepal and China	It was reported that flash floods triggered by an avalanche of ice and rocks caused a total of at least 1,490 fatalities (as of 26 September) in Nepal and China (the government of Nepal, European Commission, UN OCHA and WMO).
7	Heavy Rain	Nepal and Pakistan	It was reported that heavy rains caused a total of at least 160 fatalities in Nepal and Pakistan (the government of Nepal and the government of Pakistan).
8	Warm	From the northwestern part of East Asia to the southern Middle East via Central Asia	The monthly mean temperature in Kazakhstan was the third highest on record for August since 1941 (Kazhydromet).
9	Wet	In and around eastern Turkey
10	Wet	In and around northwestern Russia
11	Dry	From eastern to central Europe	The monthly precipitation amount in Serbia was the second lowest on record for August since 1951 (Republic Hydrometeorological Service of Serbia).
12	Warm	From western Europe to the Mediterranean region	The monthly mean temperature in France was the second highest on record for August since 1900 (Meteo France). The monthly mean temperature in Switzerland was the second highest on record for August since 1864 (MeteoSwiss). The monthly mean temperature in Austria was the highest on record for August since 1767 (GeoSphere Austria). The monthly mean temperature in Slovenia was the highest on record for August since 1950 (Slovenian Environment Agency). The monthly mean temperature in Serbia was the highest on record for August since 1951 (Republic Hydrometeorological Service of Serbia). The monthly mean temperature in Romania was the second highest on record for August since 1901 (National Meteorological Administration, Romania). The monthly mean temperature in Tunisia was the highest on record for August since 1950 (National Institute of Meteorology, Tunisia). In eastern Austria 41.2 degrees Celsius was recorded at Bad Deutsch-Altenburg on 5 August, which is a new national maximum temperature record in Austria (GeoSphere Austria). In southern Slovakia 42.2 degrees Celsius was recorded at Dolnych Plachtinciach on 6 August, which is a new national maximum temperature record in Slovakia (Slovak Hydrometeorological Institute).
13	Warm	The western part of Western Africa
14	Heavy Rain	Guinea	It was reported that heavy rains caused at least 30 fatalities in Guinea (EM-DAT).
15	Wet	In and around the northeastern USA
16	Dry	From the southern USA to eastern Mexico
17	Warm	From the southern part of North America to the central part of South America via Central America	The monthly mean temperature in the USA was the highest on record for August since 1895 (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the USA).
18	Wet	In and around northern Argentina
19	Wet	Southern Australia

The figure is based on CLIMAT report. Areas with missing or unreceived data are not shown.

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