2018 European heatwave
Heat wave leading to record-breaking temperatures in Europe during the spring and summer of 2018 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The 2018 European drought and heat wave was a period of unusually hot weather that led to record-breaking temperatures and wildfires in many parts of Europe during the spring and summer of 2018. It is part of a larger heat wave affecting the northern hemisphere, caused in part by the jet stream being weaker than usual, allowing hot high-pressure air to linger in the same place.[1] According to the European Drought Observatory, most of the areas affected by drought are across northern and central Europe.[2] According to the World Meteorological Organization, the severe heat waves across the northern hemisphere in the summer of 2018, are linked to climate change in Europe, as well as events of extreme precipitation.