France recorded ‘hottest summer ever’: Environment minister
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- Met Office figures due on Tuesday are likely to show that the previous record, set in 2025, has been broken after an unprecedented summer of persistent heat.
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- Meteorologists say average mean temperature of 16.5C was made 130 times more likely by climate crisis This year’s summer was the UK’s hottest on record, according to provisional Met Office data, with the season’s mean temperature made 130 times more likely as a result of the climate crisis. The…
- The UK had a spring and summer of persistent heat with five widespread heatwaves and 40 days of temperatures above 30C (86F), smashing the previous record of 34 days.
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- Police have cordoned off part of southern Cologne, reporting multiple shots fired at an apparently empty cafe early in the morning. They did not report casualties but were searching the area for a suspect. DW has more.
- Germany's DWD weather service says the summer was second only to 2003 in terms of average temperatures. It was also unusually dry. In Cologne, police are seeking a man who fired shots at a cafe storefront. DW has more.
- France joins other European countries in recording its hottest summer since measurements began.
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- Britain experienced its hottest summer on record for the second year in a row, the UK's national weather agency announced Tuesday, after weeks of successive heat waves and widespread drought conditions.
- France experienced its hottest summer on record in 2026, marked by heat waves, drought and massive wildfires, the environment minister said Thursday.