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Europe's never-ending scorching summer: Timelapse reveals the vast swathes of the continent that have hit 40°C over the last four months

Daily Mail Science and Tech · 21 August 2026 at 10:14

Europe's never-ending scorching summer: Timelapse reveals the vast swathes of the continent that have hit 40°C over the last four months

Created using data from NASA's Goddard Earth Observing System (GEOS), the timelapse shows the daily maximum surface air temperature across Western Europe from 1 May to 19 August.

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Europe's never-ending scorching summer: Timelapse reveals the vast swathes of the continent that have hit 40°C over the last four months

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