2007 European heatwave

2007 European heatwave
AreasGreece, Italy, Croatia, Serbia, Ukraine, Hungary, North Macedonia, Bulgaria, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Romania
Start dateJune 2007
End dateAugust 2007
Peak temp. 47.5 °C (117.5 °F), recorded at Nea Filadelfeia and Aspropyrgos, Greece on 26 June 2007

The 2007 European heat wave affected most of Southern and the Southeastern Europe. The phenomenon began affecting Italy and Turkey on 17 June and expanded into Greece and the neighbouring countries, all the way to Hungary and Ukraine on 18 June. The costs of the heat wave were estimated at 2 billion euros.

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