Central Europe experienced extreme heat conditions on Wednesday, with Slovakia and Austria each setting all-time temperature records. Slovakia’s highest reading reached 41.4 degrees Celsius (106.5 Fahrenheit) in the town of Kamenica nad Hronom in the southern part of the country, according to the Slovak Meteorological Institute. This marked the third instance this summer that Slovakia had recorded a record-breaking temperature.
Austria’s peak temperature of 41.2 degrees Celsius (106.1 Fahrenheit) was registered in Bad Deutsch-Altenburg, located near the border with Slovakia. This surpassed the nation’s previous high set the day before. Additionally, the overnight low between Tuesday and Wednesday established a new record for Austria, with temperatures remaining significantly elevated.
Slovakia had previously set record highs on two separate occasions earlier in the summer, on June 29 and June 30, with readings of 41.0 and 41.3 degrees Celsius respectively. These extremes far exceeded the nation’s prior benchmark of 40.3 degrees Celsius set in 2007. The Czech Republic and Hungary had also reached their respective all-time high temperatures earlier in the season.
Europe has been experiencing unusually intense and dry conditions throughout the summer, contributing to widespread wildfires that have prompted mass evacuations across vacation destinations and residential areas. According to the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service, Europe is warming at approximately twice the rate of the global average since the 1980s, making it the fastest-warming continent globally.
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