Published 21.14
Heat records break records.
Daytime as nighttime.
In Sweden as in the rest of Europe and this is expected to continue.
Saturday was the hottest day so far this year and in Skåne the highest temperature ever measured was measured. 36.8 degrees in Osby beats the previous Ängelholm record of 36 degrees from 1947.
– Skåne is the landscape that stands out the most. It looked like it could have crept up a little higher in Småland, but the real deal was that it slips into clouds and winds come so when you don’t break the record, says Lasse Rydqvist, meteorologist
Malmö also experienced its hottest day since the measurements started in 1917, with 35.1 degrees. The previous record was 34 degrees from 1947. Which is from the same occasion as when the Swedish record in Målilla was measured at 38 degrees.
Continuing east
In Europe, the records have succeeded each other this week with record temperatures in France and the UK several days in a row.
– In Great Britain, this was the highest temperature in June. It must be remembered that it is not in central London, but in the south along the coast, which says something about how warm the water is, says Lasse Rydkvist.
The worst heat has now moved further east and the Czech Republic has already broken two records. According to the country’s meteorological institute CHMI, the thermometer showed 40.8 degrees on Saturday and on Sunday the temperature rose to 41.1 degrees on Sunday in Doksany, north of the country’s capital Prague.
Even the records in Poland have been challenged when the temperature rose to 40.2 degrees.
– If you look at Poland, which has had over 40 degrees three times since 1779. Now Sunday to Tuesday, the forecast is that you can reach these temperatures three days in a row. That also says something about the heat.
In Germany, the temperature did not fall below 29.4 degrees during the night in Kubschütz.
– It is the highest temperature ever measured this far north in the world.
1,300 more deaths than normal
The excess mortality is at 1,300 cases during the week that has been, according to the World Health Organization, WHO.
“Hundreds have died, schools are closed, power grids are collapsing. More than 1,300 deaths than normal have been recorded since June 21 linked to the high temperatures in Europe,” writes WHO director Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on X.
