{"id":268922,"date":"2023-07-23T18:14:08","date_gmt":"2023-07-23T16:14:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=268922"},"modified":"2023-07-23T18:14:11","modified_gmt":"2023-07-23T16:14:11","slug":"record-breaking-heatwave-in-europe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=268922","title":{"rendered":"Record Breaking Heatwave In\u00a0Europe?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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From NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Paul Homewood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/world-news\/2023\/07\/18\/europe-heatwave-rome-temperature-record-covid-protocols\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most of the so-called reporting of the European heatwave seems to have centred around of temperature forecasts, rather than actual ones, along with claims of \u201crecords\u201d and images of people enjoying the sun. Factual reporting appears to have taken a holiday!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Take the Telegraph article above, published on 18th July. It begins<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Rome was among several European regions to breach temperature records on Tuesday as a Covid-style protocols were rolled out across Italy to protect its hospitals\u00a0<\/em>from the unprecedented heatwave<\/em><\/a>.A new record was set in the Italian capital when the local weather agency recorded highs of 41.8C (107.2F), beating the previous record set in June last year by 1C.The European Space Agency said thermometers could tip 48C in Sardinia and Sicily, while the temperatures in Rome and Madrid could both\u00a0<\/em>reach the mid to high-40Cs<\/em><\/a>.In drought-stricken Spain, temperatures were set to reach highs of 44C in Catalonia and the Balearic Islands while the country is in the\u00a0<\/em>final throes of an election campaign<\/em><\/a>\u00a0before Sunday\u2019s vote.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Let\u2019s examine some of these claims more closely:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A new record was set in the Italian capital when the local weather agency recorded highs of 41.8C (107.2F), beating the previous record set in June last year by 1C.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

For a start, the previous record was not 40.8C, as implied. A temperature of 42.0C was recorded at the Ponte di Nona in 2005<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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https:\/\/www.ecad.eu\/indicesextremes\/customquerytimeseriesplots.php<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

As for this week, the temperature at Rome\u2019s Urbe Airport only reached 40C:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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https:\/\/www.timeanddate.com\/weather\/italy\/rome\/historic<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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thermometers could tip 48C in Sardinia and Sicily<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

And pigs might fly!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alghero, which is on the north coast of Sardinia, only hit 40C, a long way short of its record high of 41.8C, set in 1983.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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There are of course places further south in Sardinia which would naturally be much hotter, but there is no evidence that any of these were hotter this week than in the past. The BBC is particularly good at finding some obscure little village with a high temperature, without offering any historical perspective to compare it with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And Sicily? Catania, the island\u2019s biggest city, hit 39C on Wednesday. The record there is 46.7C, set in 1962.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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temperatures in Rome and Madrid could both\u00a0<\/em>reach the mid to high-40Cs<\/em><\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

As we have seen, Rome never got above 41.8C at the most.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As for Madrid, temperatures only reached 39C, nothing out of the ordinary at all for the nation\u2019s capital:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In drought-stricken Spain, temperatures were set to reach highs of 44C in Catalonia<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

This is probably the most absurd forecast of the lot, as temperatures in Barcelona did not get above 30C!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It was hot this week in much of Europe, very hot in places.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But I have found no evidence that the heatwave was in any way unprecedented, never mind the inferno suggested.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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CORRECTION<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The temperature graph used for Madrid was actually Malaga! I have now replaced with the correct graph.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I have also included the KNMI chart for Catania, which has a longer data record<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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As we have seen, Rome never got above 41.8C at the most. As for Madrid, temperatures only reached 39C, nothing out of the ordinary at all for the nation\u2019s capital<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121246920,"featured_media":268942,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_crdt_document":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[691821291,691818583,691821240,691821292,691821293,691821289,691821290],"class_list":{"0":"post-268922","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"hentry","7":"category-uncategorized","8":"tag-catania","9":"tag-europe","10":"tag-heatwave","11":"tag-madrid","12":"tag-malaga","13":"tag-sardinia","14":"tag-sicily","16":"fallback-thumbnail"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/01_Stunning-sunrise-as-the-heatwave-continues-near-Formby-Liverpool-Photo-by-Colin-Lane.jpg?fit=1200%2C630&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paxLW1-17Xs","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":386584,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=386584","url_meta":{"origin":268922,"position":0},"title":"It\u2019s Too Hot,\u00a0Mum!!!","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"07\/03\/2025","format":false,"excerpt":"The Med is now too hot for summer holidays, says the laughable Daily Telegraph!","rel":"","context":"In \"climate propaganda\"","block_context":{"text":"climate propaganda","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?tag=climate-propaganda"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/OIG-29.jpg?fit=1024%2C1024&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/OIG-29.jpg?fit=1024%2C1024&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/OIG-29.jpg?fit=1024%2C1024&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/OIG-29.jpg?fit=1024%2C1024&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":376612,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=376612","url_meta":{"origin":268922,"position":1},"title":"No, Euronews, Europe is Not Suffering \u2018Serious Impacts\u2019 from Climate Change","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"04\/27\/2025","format":false,"excerpt":"A recent post by Euronews, titled \u201cDeadly floods, storms and heatwaves: Europe suffered the \u2018serious impacts\u2019 of climate change in 2024,\u201d claims that Europe is experiencing very severe impacts from climate change, citing heatwaves, wildfires, and flooding, among other conditions. 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