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PARIS, June 30, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - The Mediterranean Sea on Sunday hit its 
warmest temperature on record for June at 26.01 degrees Celsius, said a 
French weather service scientist, citing data from EU monitor Copernicus.

"We have never measured such a high daily temperature in June, averaged over 
the basin, as Sunday," said Thibault Guinaldo, a researcher at the Centre for 
Satellite Meteorology Studies under Meteo-France.

At present, sea surface temperatures in the Mediterranean are 3C higher than 
average for the same period compared to 1991-2020, with spikes exceeding 4C 
around the French and Spanish coasts, he added.