Western Europe this year experienced its hottest June on record as a searing heatwave swept across a continent facing increasingly frequent and intense heat extremes, the EU's climate monitor said on July 9.

Several countries experienced all-time highs in June as Europeans endured unprecedented heat and dangerously elevated overnight temperatures.

A new report by the Copernicus Climate Change Service also found that June temperatures in Western Europe were nearly 5.5 degrees above average.

Western Europe records its hottest June: EU climate monitor