Western Europe Breaks 2003 Heat Record as August Global Temperature Hits 1.65c Above Pre-Industrial Levels
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Western Europe Breaks 2003 Heat Record as August Global Temperature Hits 1.65c Above Pre-Industrial Levels
August 2026 tied the global temperature record, while western Europe recorded its hottest summer, rivers fell to exceptionally low levels and ocean temperatures reached new highs.
Seven countries have had the warmest summer ever. Other countries have fallen records of temperature, hot nights, duration and number of heat vacancies. And the trend is to continue.
According to Meteoschweiz, this year's summer exceeded the heat summer 2003 with new records. What that means.
30 weather stations set summer heat records, including tie for highest temperature measured north of Alps
With an average of 17.2°C from June to August, Switzerland exceeded the previous peak of 2003 by 0.4°C. Thirty weather stations recorded unprecedented temperatures, half of which as early as June Switzerland recorded a record summer: summer 2026 was the warmest since the beginning of the measurements. The average temperature for the period June to August was 17.2°C, which exceeded the summer 2003 by 0.4°C. The average national temperature also e…
The Swiss Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology (MeteoSwiss) has announced that the summer of 2026 will be the "hottest summer" on record since records began in 1901, due to the heatwave affecting the entire country.
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