Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, January 31 (Xinhua) -- The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) officially confirmed on the 30th that the highest temperature record in Europe was set at 488 degrees Celsius (119.)8 degrees Fahrenheit), which appeared on August 11, 2021 in Sicily, Italy.
This is an erupting Mount Etna photographed on March 31, 2021 in Sicily, Italy. Xinhua News Agency.
An international team of experts made up of atmospheric scientists confirmed 48 measured on August 11, 2021, by an automatic weather station in the municipality of Siracusa, Sicily, the World Meteorological Organization said8 degrees Celsius.
This is a burning forest fire photographed on August 1, 2021 in Sicily, Italy. Xinhua News Agency (photo courtesy of the Italian Fire Department).
The World Meteorological Organization said the previous record for the highest temperature on the European continent was 48 degrees Celsius, set on July 10, 1977, in the Greek cities of Athens and Eleftsina. The above temperatures are from ** official information, which was included in the World Meteorological Organization's 2007 Extreme Weather and Climate Archive, and has not been independently verified. 48The high temperature of 8 degrees Celsius is verified.
Tourists cool off at the Trevi Fountain in Rome, Italy, August 22, 2023. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Jin Ma Mengni.
Randall Cerveni, the World Meteorological Organization's rapporteur on extreme weather and climate, said that Europe could experience more severe extreme weather and climate in the future, and that the World Meteorological Organization would set up a new expert group to approve it. (Chen Lixi).