Weather event in Southern Europe
2007 European heatwaveAreas | Greece, Italy, Croatia, Serbia, Ukraine, Hungary, North Macedonia, Bulgaria, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Romania |
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Start date | June 2007 |
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End date | August 2007 |
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Peak temp. | 47.5 °C (117.5 °F), recorded at Nea Filadelfeia and Aspropyrgos, Greece on 26 June 2007 |
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The 2007 European heat wave affected most of Southern Europe and the Balkans. The phenomenon began affecting Italy and Turkey on 17 June and expanded into Greece and the rest of the Balkans, Hungary and Ukraine on 18 June. The costs of the heat wave were estimated at 2 billion euros.