Germany records new all-time high as Europe’s heat moves east | Weather News

A Record-breaking heat A sweep across Western Europe has been linked to mass deaths, with temperatures exceeding 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) pushing eastward into Germany and Poland.

Germany recorded a new high of 41.5C (106.7F) on Saturday, provisional data from the National Weather Service (DWD) showed. The reading was recorded at the Drewitz station in eastern Germany, according to a DWD spokesman, breaking the previous record of 41.3C (106.3F) set a day earlier in Saarbrucken in the southwest.

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The service issued extreme heat warnings for almost all of Germany on Saturday as authorities urged people to conserve water.

The Czech Republic and Denmark also recorded record temperatures this weekend. In the Czech Republic, a reading of 40.6C (105F) recorded at a meteorological station in Doksany, north of Prague, beat the previous record of 40.4C (104.7F), set in 2012 in Dobrichovice, southwest of Prague, the country’s meteorological agency said.

Denmark recorded its hottest day at 37C (98.6F) on Saturday, the Danish Meteorological Institute said, measured in Odum, north of Aarhus. The record temperature in the Scandinavian country was 36.4C (97.5F), which was recorded in August 1975, according to the DMI.

The United KingdomFrance, Italy and Switzerland all wrote June heat record.

The UK broke its June heat record for the third day in a row on Friday, the Met Office said, as heatwaves affected schools and hospitals and disrupted business. A high of 37.3C (99.1F) was recorded in Santon Downham, in Suffolk, southeast England, according to the Met Office, breaking the previous high of 36.9C (98.4F) set earlier in the day.

Before this week, the UK’s June record high of 35.6C (96F) in 1976 “was a 50-year high, but – temporarily – it has been surpassed for three days in a row this week,” Met Office weather spokesman Grahame Madge said.

France has seen a record number of deaths, among young and old alike, as extreme heat has disrupted rail travel, power generation and outdoor activities across the region.

Italy’s health ministry issued a red heat alert for 18 Italian cities, including Milan, Rome, Turin, Venice, Genoa, Florence and Bologna, on Saturday and Sunday, with temperatures expected to reach 39C (102F) in some places.

At the end of the week

“The temperature will be dangerous at the end of the week, exceeding 40C (104F) in some parts of Germany,” said Karsten Brandt, meteorologist at weather forecast site Donnerwetter.de.

The long-distance Ironman European Championship held on Sunday in Frankfurt will shorten the cycling and running sections due to the heat, organizers said.

Faced with the prospect of infrastructure damage, such as road construction and improved railways, several major government agencies have tried to reduce traffic.

German rail operator Deutsche Bahn is offering customers the option to cancel long-haul bookings until early next week without paying due to the heat.

The company said its construction is particularly vulnerable to the heat of the sun and threats to signals, transmissions, and overhead wires from storms and wildfires.

Parts of Germany, especially in the southwest, have already experienced a June that is hotter than usual.

The scorching heat is expected to begin to fade by the end of the week, with thunderstorms expected on Sunday.

Across Europe, cultures have had to close, agriculture has suffered, and some hospitals have suffered.

Global warming has made temperatures 18⁠C (32F) above the seasonal average, according to the Reuters Climate Monitor, and is being driven by a phenomenon known as the omega block.

This climate causes long periods of very warm air in the regions, with cooler air at the edges.

Demand for electric fans has grown, and air conditioner manufacturers in Asia have reported a sharp increase in European sales.

Most of the settlements in northern Europe are not built to reduce heat, but to conserve it.

The current temperature will begin to move towards the end of the month, affecting Central Europe and the Balkans, the World Meteorological Organization said.

Scientists say global warming would be impossible without it man-made climate changewhich has caused the nighttime temperatures this week to be much higher than they would have been twenty years ago.

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