Dated August 14 2013 from the EU Environment Agency (future forecast trends
have been removed from text for clarity - full details follow link.)

"Global mean surface temperature rose rapidly from the 1970s, but has been
relatively flat in the last decade mostly due to heat transfer between upper
and deep ocean waters."

"The Arctic has warmed significantly more than the rest of the globe..... "

"Europe The average temperature for the European land area for the last
decade (2003-2012) is 1.3°C above the pre-industrial level, which makes it
the warmest on record."

"Extremes of cold have become less frequent in Europe while warm extremes
have become more frequent."

"Since 1880 the average length of summer heat waves over Western Europe
doubled and frequency of hot days almost tripled."

http://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-ma...0=10&b_start=0