Rome could set an all-time heat record Tuesday as could the entire continent of Europe. The extreme temperatures even led Greek authorities to close the Acropolis during the afternoon’s peak sun on several days.
over the weekend. The most consistent heat and dry weather have focused on northwest Africa and into Spain.
This heat wave could produce the highest temperature Europe has ever observed. “The highest temperature in European history was broken on 11 August 2021, when a temperature of 48.8°C [119.8°F] was recorded in Floridia, an Italian town in the Sicilian province of Syracuse,”After the bout of extreme heat Tuesday into Wednesday, indications are that another record-testing pulse may spread west and north across the Mediterranean later this week and into the weekend.
Bouts of exceptionally hot weather have frequently targeted Europe in recent years. Like Canada, Europe is in the part of the world that has warmed faster than average amid human-caused climate change.found that the chance of what were once rare heat waves in Europe is projected to spike as the climate warms. In other words, exceptional heat waves in today’s climate will become normal in the future.
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