The UK's provisional June high of 36.7°C in Somerset broke the national record set 24 hours earlier, while Switzerland exceeded 37°C in June for the first time, with 38°C recorded in Basel. The heat was linked to the death of a third young child in France, where Paris saw 25 cardiac arrests in a single day against an average of fewer than 10 and a fourfold nationwide increase in heat-related emergency visits; Spain's Carlos III Health Institute estimated 212 heat-attributable deaths between Sunday and Wednesday. The Netherlands issued a red alert and Deutsche Bahn warned against rail travel ahead of 35–41°C forecasts in Germany. The record comes one day after the UK had already broken its June maximum, and as heat-related fatalities mount across the continent.
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The record comes one day after the UK had already broken its June maximum, and as heat-related fatalities mount across the continent.