Central Europe sizzles as heat records are smashed in Switzerland, Denmark and Czech Republic ^28.7%

AP News - By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER, SYLVIA HUI, JOHN LEICESTER - 6/27/2026, 12:35 PM

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Temperatures soared to record highs from Switzerland to the Czech Republic and Denmark, as a heat wave that baked western European countries this week moved to central and eastern parts of the continent. Unusually high temperatures were recorded even in the Nordic countries not known for sweltering summers. Denmark’s Meteorological... more