Central Europe experienced extreme temperatures on Wednesday, with Slovakia and Austria each setting new all-time heat records. In Slovakia, the southern region saw temperatures surpassing 40 degrees Celsius, with the highest reading of 41.4°C recorded in the town of Kamenica nad Hronom, according to the Slovak Meteorological Institute. This marked the third occasion during the summer season when the country experienced record-breaking heat. The previous records had been established on June 29 and June 30, with measurements of 41.0°C in Turna nad Bodvou and 41.3°C in Kamenica nad Hronom respectively. The prior all-time high before this summer had stood since 2007 at 40.3°C in Hurbanovo. Additionally, the night of Tuesday into Wednesday set a new overnight record with a low of 28.4 degrees Celsius recorded in Skalica in southwestern Slovakia.
Austria simultaneously reached its highest temperature on record, with a measurement of 41.2°C in Bad Deutsch-Altenburg near the Slovak border. This surpassed an earlier record that had been set just the previous day at 41.0°C, according to GeoSphere meteorological services.
The heat wave extended across the broader Central European region, with the Czech Republic and Hungary also having recorded their all-time temperature highs during the summer months. Europe as a whole has experienced unusually hot and dry conditions throughout the season, creating hazardous fire conditions that have resulted in hundreds of thousands of people being displaced from their residences and vacation destinations. Scientific analysis indicates that Europe is warming at approximately twice the rate of the global average since the 1980s, positioning the continent as the world’s fastest-warming region, according to data from the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service.
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