Paris records hottest temperature since records began
People are silhouetted as they cool off in water fountains in a park as hot summer temperatures hit Paris, France, July 2019 REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol
PARIS (Reuters) - Paris on Thursday recorded its hottest temperature since records began, Meteo France said, as a heatwave spread across Europe.
Meteo France said a temperature of 40.6 degrees Celsius (105 degrees Fahrenheit) had been recorded in the capital at around 1:40 p.m.
That beat the previous record, which was the 40.4 degrees Celsius recorded in July 1947.
People cooling off in the Trocadero fountains across from the Eiffel Tower are reflected in sunglasses in Paris as a new heatwave broke temperature records in France, July 25, 2019. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol
(Reporting by Sudip Kar-Gupta and Bate Felix; Editing by Alison Williams)
A child cools off in the Trocadero fountains in Paris as a new heatwave broke temperature records in France, July 25, 2019. REUTERS/Pascal RossignolPeople are silhouetted as they cool off in water fountains in a park as hot summer temperatures hit Paris, France, July 2019 REUTERS/Pascal RossignolA woman cools off in the Trocadero fountains in Paris as a new heatwave broke temperature records in France, July 25, 2019. REUTERS/Pascal RossignolPeople cool off in the Trocadero fountains across from the Eiffel Tower in Paris as a new heatwave broke temperature records in France, July 25, 2019. REUTERS/Pascal RossignolA man cools off in the sea on a hot summer day as a ferry sails past the beach in Sangatte, France, July 24, 2019. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol
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