Italy saw the hottest year on record, with an average of more than nine severe events each day, including hailstorms, whirlwinds, water bombs, heat waves, unexpected frosts, and windstorms. In the world, 2023 was the warmest year on record, with a temperature 0.60°C higher than the average for the period 1991-2020, while in Europe, it was 1.02°C higher than the norm, placing it second. A warming trend has also been confirmed in Italy, where 2023 - according to Coldiretti's analysis of data from the European Severe Weather Database (ESWD) with reference to data from the European Union's Copernicus Climate Change Service - ranks as one of the hottest years since 2023, with temperatures 1.05 degrees higher than the historical average in the first eleven months of the year. A conclusion that validates the warming trend at the national level, where the ranking of the warmest years in the last two centuries is concentrated in the last decade and currently includes 2022, 2018, 2015, 2014, 2019, and 2020.
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