The heat has broken temperature records in several parts of the continent.
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High-pressure ridges over the oceans drive warm-weather systems over the continents.
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England, Scotland, and Wales all recorded their warmest winter day ever in February 2019.
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Temperatures were well above the norm for the month, setting records and rising well above the long-term trends.
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The small town of Eagle was hotter on May 23 than it has been on any day in Houston or Dallas this year.
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In the summer of 2016, extreme heat waves gripped Siberia, the Middle East, and North America.
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Fires are raging in eastern Siberia in the midst of an unusually long-lived heat wave.
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The record-warm July continued a streak of ten consecutive months that have set new monthly high-temperature records.
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Analysis of global temperatures shows that the year was the 9th hottest in the past 130 years. Nine of the ten warmest years have occurred since 2000.
A persistent heatwave has been lingering over parts of Europe, setting record high temperatures and turning typically green landscapes to brown.
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