A summary report on the remarkably dry conditions experienced in Europe during spring 2020 has now been published on the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) website. This report uses C3S data, together with information on wildfires and river discharge from the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS) and Copernicus Emergency Management Service (Copernicus EMS), and precipitation data from the World Meteorological Organization’s regional monitoring network for Europe (WMO RA VI RCC) to build a picture of the exceptionally dry European spring of 2020.

Copernicus EMS EFAS model-derived data were used in this report show record low levels of river discharge for April and May since model-derived data records began in 1991.