Paris Is Baking! Heatwave Set Records Across Northern Europe
People cool off and sunbathe by the Eiffel Tower in Paris, on July 25, 2019.
Photographer: Bertrand Guay/AFP via Getty Images
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Paris set a new high-temperature record as Europe suffered its second heatwave in less than a month, with Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium also experiencing the hottest weather conditions ever measured.
French weather office Meteo-France measured 42.6 degrees Celsius, or 108.7 degrees Fahrenheit, at the Montsouris park weather station, which has been in operation since 1872. The new record for the French capital is still below the national record of 46 degrees Celsius set in the south of France in last month’s heatwave.