Land temperatures in Europe, as measured by the Copernicus Sentinel-3 satellite on Wednesday, 23 June.

Note that ground temperatures are considerably higher than air temperatures.

The current European heatwave is caused by an atmospheric pattern of persistent high pressure – a ‘heat dome’ – trapped between low pressure systems.

On 23 June, France recorded its hottest June day ever.
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