June has been a warm and summery month for the majority of Europe, with some countries experiencing extreme heatwaves while Ireland reached peaks of almost 24 degrees.
Saint-Jean-De-Minervois reached 40°C on June 16, the earliest this heat was ever recorded in France, while Cottbus, Germany’s 140-year-old temperature record was broken at 39.2°C on June 19, and up to 43°C was observed in Andalusia, Spain.
Meanwhile, a June temperature record was broken for the western part of Austria at 36.5°C, and high temperature records were also set in the Czech Republic, Poland and Switzerland.
