2020 European heat wave

The 2020 European heat wave is an ongoing period of unusually hot weather affecting much of Western and Central Europe, starting around the end of July.
By country
Belgium
On 31 July, much of the country exceeded . Temperatures up to were recorded in Brussels. On 7 August, 10 Regions in Belgium were put under a red heat wave bulletin by the Royal Meteorological Institute with the majority of the country forecasted to exceed over .
France
France is one of the most affected countries during the heatwave, with much of the country exceeding and the majority of Central and Northern France exceeding on 31 July. Paris recorded temperatures up to at Orly Airport and Le Bourget Airport. Coastal areas in Hauts-de-France have also exceeded on 31 July. Temperatures as high as at Boulogne-sur-Mer, beating the previous record of recorded the year before on 25 July 2019.
Temperatures in France have cooled down considerably during the start of August until 5 August where temperatures began to rise again. On 6 August, much of the country exceeded . On August 7, 45 departments were included in an Orange heat wave alert by MétéoFrance. Much of the country is forecasted to exceed .
The Netherlands
On 31 July, temperatures as high as were recorded in Westdorpe. On 7 August, 4 Provinces in the South of the Netherlands were put under a Code Orange warning for extreme heat. The majority of the Netherlands is forecasted to exceed . On 9 August, the temperatures reached a very high temperature of in Arcen.
United Kingdom
On 31 July, the majority of England exceeded and the majority of the Southeast and Midlands exceeding . Temperatures in London reached as high as at Heathrow Airport.
Despite being discouraged from doing so due to COVID-19-related rules around social distancing, crowds of tourists flocked to many UK beach resorts on the 31st July, most notably Brighton, Dorset and Kent coastlines.
Temperatures in the United Kingdom cooled down considerably during the start of August. However, on 6 August, temperatures began to rise again, with being recorded in Wisley. On 7 August, much of southern England exceeded over . with being recorded at Heathrow Airport. This was followed by four more days of temperatures reaching at least somewhere on UK soil, including being recorded at Heathrow Airport on 11 August, and being forecast for the London area on the 12 August.

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