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More than 191 million people in Europe faced temperatures of at least 35C, with extreme heat warnings across the region. Germany recorded a new all-time high of 41.7C, in Coschen, near the Polish border in eastern Brandenburg, according to preliminary data from the national weather service. This broke the previous record of 41.5C set a day earlier in Drewitz.

In Gohrischheide, in eastern Germany, a fire broke out in a forest contaminated with ammunition from the second world war, complicating firefighters’ efforts. A major firefighting operation was also paused at a former munitions disposal site near the village of Traisen in south-west Germany.

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Poland surpassed its all-time heat record with temperatures reaching 40.5C in Słubice, on the Polish-German border, breaking a 105-year record of 40.2C, set in 1921. The Polish government’s security agency sent out text messages urging people to “avoid the sun and strenuous activity”, drink water and wear hats throughout the weekend. Multiple cities set up water curtains to help residents keep cool in the heat.

Hungary also broke its all-time record for this date, with 40.7C reported in Budakalász, higher than Saturday’s 40.0C. Czechia also reported a new all-time high of 41.9C in Doksany, confirmed by its hydrometeorological institute on early Sunday afternoon. “Temperatures continue to rise, this is not the final maximum,” it said in a statement.

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https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jun/28/temperature-records-tumble-across-europe-as-heatwave-moves-east

The oceans mitigate the extremes. That's a big reason why civilization gravitated towards Europe the last 1500 years. None of the severe heat like the Middle East or the severe cold like Northern Asia.

Same thing with the PNW in the US. It's why Seattle doesn't have the Winters that they do in Michigan or Wisconsin despite being further North than most of those states. When Oregon and Washington state had that insane heat wave a couple Summer back where it was getting to 110 degrees ion places, it was alarming. People just think, "Oh, another heat wave." But these places aren't built for it, the homes don't have AC and aren't built and insulated the same way. Same when Texas had those freezes, codes are different for pipes because it doesn't freeze in Texas.

Most of Europe is not built for extremes. They don't have AC or homes built for ventilation. They don't have building codes with extreme heat in mind. And in the Winter, they don't have the snow removal equipment manage transportation. Like here in the US when people from cold climates poo poo when Georgia get a few inches of snow and the entire state shuts down. Well there are no snowplows or salt trucks in Georgia. There aren't thousands of people with plows on the front of their pickup trucks. The roads weren't built with freezing temperatures in mind so there might be more hills and sharp turns. Heck, households don't even have snow shovels, there's people out moving snow with whatever they can find, people using plywood or regular dirt shovels.

And installing air conditioning in homes is incredibly expensive in Europe because they don't have ducts for a forced air system. Forced air is incredibly rare in Europe, 99% of homes have radiators which cannot be retrofitted for A/C. So instead of $6-10K for A/C, it's $20K and up and in a lot of cases it's just not feasible to do at all.