Weather tracker: Heatwave breaks June temperature records across Europe

Last week, a major heatwave swept western Europe, shattering temperature records with exceptional margins. The United Kingdom recorded thirty-seven point seven degrees Celsius in Norfolk on June twenty-seventh, beating the previous June record by two point one degrees—a remarkable gap, since weather records typically change by tenths of a degree. Germany hit an all-time record of forty-one point seven degrees Celsius, the Netherlands broke its June record with thirty-nine point four degrees, and Hungary reached forty-two degrees Celsius, setting a new all-time maximum. According to the Guardian, these records didn't just fall—they were demolished.

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