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Weather tracker: Heatwave breaks June temperature records across Europe

The Guardian Environment Friday 03 July 2026, 09:20 UTC By Magdalena Shopova 1 min read
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UK provisional peak of 37.7C shatters previous record by huge margin, while Germany hits all-time high of 41.7CLast week’s heatwave across western Europe shattered national June records and set new all-time highs. The UK recorded a provisional high of 37.7C at Lingwood in Norfolk on Friday 27 June, smashing the previous June record of 35.6C, set in 1976. Such a margin is exceptionally rare: temperature records are typically broken by 0.1C or 0.2C, not a remarkable 2.1C. Continue reading...

UK provisional peak of 37.7C shatters previous record by huge margin, while Germany hits all-time high of 41.7C

Last week’s heatwave across western Europe shattered national June records and set new all-time highs.

The UK recorded a provisional high of 37.7C at Lingwood in Norfolk on Friday 27 June, smashing the previous June record of 35.6C, set in 1976. Such a margin is exceptionally rare: temperature records are typically broken by 0.1C or 0.2C, not a remarkable 2.1C.

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Europe (LOCATION) UK (LOCATION) Germany (LOCATION) Lingwood (LOCATION) Norfolk (LOCATION) 0.1C (ORG) 0.2C (ORG)
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