Western Europe has recorded its hottest combined June and July on record, as a summer of persistent heat, drought and wildfires continues to affect large parts of the continent, according to the EU’s Copernicus Climate Change Service. The average temperature across western Europe for the two-month period reached 21.

The heat waves roiling Western Europe this summer toppled an average temperature record for the June-July period set in 2022

Western Europe experienced its hottest June-July on record as climate change fuels an historic summer of heat, drought and wildfires across the region, the EU's global warming…