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Nunavat, record smashed ... https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/he ... -1.5212801

Excerpt: Records have been falling — not by fractions, but by large margins.

"That's what we're seeing more often," Phillips said. "It's not just half a degree or a 10th of a millimetre. It's like hitting a ball out of the ballpark. It is so different than what the previous record was."

More is to come, he predicted. "Our models for the rest of the summer are saying, 'Get used to it."

Our comment: On the longer term, there's nothing to get used too. This is not a new normal. This is just another year in the planet's transition ever upward to a global hothouse climate. It will keep getting hotter even if mankind's CO2 and methane emissions are stopped, which of course won't happen. Life will soon enough be all about adaption and survival for the great many people who live in marginal areas. Perhaps the global conversation should be more about survival than mitigation, because it does appear that the horse has bolted.
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Meanwhile, in Europe ...

Belgium - record broken
38.9C in Kleine-Brogel
Old record was 38.8C in June 1947

Netherlands - record broken
39.1C in Gilze-Rijen
Old record was 38.6C in August 1944

Germany - record broken
40.5C in Geilenkirchen
Old record was 40.3C in July 2015

France - record broken
Bordeaux with 41.2C (Tuesday)

Switzerland - City records broken
Sion 38C
Neuchâtel 37.9C
Aarau 37C
Scuol 33.8C
Moléson (mountain station) 26.4C
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France has hottest ever day at 42.6C, and other European records fall ... https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-49108847
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Belgium smashed its record by 3C when the station in Begijnendijk touched 41.8C.
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Paris ... 42.6C

"Crowds in Paris resorted to swimming in the Eiffel Tower’s fountains as the French capital reached all-time record high temperature of 42.6 degrees on Thursday. The previous Paris record of 40.4 degrees was recorded in July 1947."

https://thenewdaily.com.au/news/world/2 ... -heatwave/
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Adelaide, South Australia, heat record on January 24, 2019 ... 46.6C
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