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And I thought our days were hot in Louisiana ...

Sicily hits nearly 120 degrees, may have set Europe's all-time
heat record

Source: Axios

A weather station in Sicily may have set an all-time high temperature
record for all of Europe on Wednesday, when the temperature climbed to
a scorching 48.8øC (119.8øF) amid a regional heat wave that has shown
few signs of relenting.

The big picture: The intense heat wave continues to roast the
Mediterranean and northern Africa. The hot and dry weather has played
a large role in creating the conditions conducive for explosive and
devastating wildfires in Turkey and Greece.

Details: Numerous monthly and national temperature records have fallen
during the heat wave, including in Greece, Turkey and Tunisia, but if
verified through an examination of the weather instruments, the Sicily observation would be the most noteworthy. The previous continental heat
record was 48øC (118.4øF), set in Greece in 1977.

For the record to be considered, a committee from the World
Meteorological Organization would need to investigate the
instrumentation and circumstances of the data, including whether
similar temperatures were observed nearby.


Read more:

https://www.axios.com/europe-all-time-heat-record-set-sicily- 065cef11-fdb7-4aaf-abd5-82b5b8d7a475.html

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