From the BBC:
Europe is heating faster than the global average as new data indicates that last year was the warmest on record.
While globally the year was the second warmest, a series of heatwaves helped push the region to a new high mark. Over the past five years, global temperatures were, on average, just over 1C warmer than at the end of the 19th century.
Because as is well known, there are no European temperature records from before 1979. The Central England Temperature record going back to 1659 is an urban myth.
Jeez.