1757 heatwave

A very significant heat wave occurred in Europe in July 1757. The heat wave may have been the hottest summer in Continental Europe between the summers of 1540 and 2003.[1][2][3] July 1757 was the hottest month in the history of Paris with an average temperature of 25 °C (77 °F) (compared to 24.8 °C during the 2006 European heat wave), and it reached a high of 37.5 °C (99.5 °F) on 14 July. Similarly, over Central England, July 1757 was the hottest month on record since 1659, at the time, and would not be beaten until July 1783. It still is the ninth-warmest on record in that series.[4][5]

  1. ^ Orth, Rene; Vogel, Martha M.; Luterbacher, Jürg; Pfister, Christian; Seneviratne, Sonia I. (2016). "Did European temperatures in 1540 exceed present-day records?". Environmental Research Letters. 11 (11): 114021. Bibcode:2016ERL....11k4021O. doi:10.1088/1748-9326/11/11/114021. hdl:21.11116/0000-0000-DBEF-D.
  2. ^ Recer, Paul (4 March 2004). 2003 Likely Europe's Hottest in 500 Years, The Washington Post (Associated Press)
  3. ^ Prigent, Serge. Paris en Dates Et en Chiffres, p. 179 (in French, noting that 2003 was the hottest since 1757)
  4. ^ Meteorology Office [dead link]
  5. ^ Meteorology Office [dead link]