Weather tracker: Heatwave breaks June temperature records across Europe
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UK provisional high of 37.7C shatters previous record by huge margin, while Germany experiences all-time high of 41.7CLast week’s heatwave across western Europe broke national records for June maximum temperatures as well as setting new all-time highs. The UK recorded a provisional high of 37.7C at Lingwood, Norfolk, on Friday 27 June, shattering the previous June record of 35.6C in 1976. This kind of margin is exceptional; temperature records are normally beaten by 0.1 or 0.2 degrees rather than, as in this case, a whole 2.1 degrees.Germany recorded 41.7C on 28 of June in Coschen, beating the previous all-time record three days in a row. The Netherlands broke its June record with 39.4C on 26 June, while Hungary broke its all-time record, with 42C recorded in Szécsény on the 30 June. Continue reading...