Record-breaking heatwave set to hit Europe again

A record-breaking heatwave has been forecast for continental Europe next week – less than a month since previous temperature records were broken.

Just three weeks after temperatures reached an all-time high of 45 degrees in France and records were broken for the month of June in countries including Germany and Austria, another week of 40 degree-plus heat is forecast for next week.

The European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts indicate that hot air from the tropics and Spain is moving towards Western Europe and will settle over the continent next week.

France Meteo is provisionally forecasting temperatures of 40 degrees-plus by the middle of next week.

Data from Nasa and the EU’s Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) suggest that June was the hottest on record for the month, but July could be the hottest month ever recorded.

Via Irish Times/ ECMWF