page_title: July 2019 European heat wave
hierarchical_section_title: July 2019 European heat wave
caption_attribution_description: English: Max temperature across Europe on July 25, 2019
context_page_description: The July 2019 European heat wave was a period of exceptionally hot weather, setting all-time high temperature records in Belgium, Germany, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom. It followed the June 2019 European heat wave, which killed over 567 people, and exceeded previous records by 3 °C in Belgium, by 0.3 °C in Luxembourg, by 2.1 °C in Germany and the Netherlands and by 0.2 °C in the United Kingdom.
  The deaths of 868 people in France and one person in Belgium were reported, along with thousands of animals when ventilation systems in barns were overwhelmed. Due to high river water temperatures and sluggish flows, particularly in France and to some extent Germany, a number of thermal power stations that use once-through cooling and do not have cooling towers had to reduce output or shut down to avoid breaching environmental limits on river water temperature designed to protect aquatic life.
context_section_description: The July 2019 European heat wave was a period of exceptionally hot weather, setting all-time high temperature records in Belgium, Germany, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom. It followed the June 2019 European heat wave, which killed over 567 people, and exceeded previous records by 3 °C (5.4 °F) in Belgium, by 0.3 °C (0.54 °F) in Luxembourg, by 2.1 °C (3.8 °F) in Germany and the Netherlands and by 0.2 °C (0.36 °F) in the United Kingdom.
  The deaths of 868 people in France and one person in Belgium were reported, along with thousands of animals when ventilation systems in barns were overwhelmed. Due to high river water temperatures and sluggish flows, particularly in France and to some extent Germany, a number of thermal power stations that use once-through cooling and do not have cooling towers had to reduce output or shut down to avoid breaching environmental limits on river water temperature designed to protect aquatic life.
caption: Maximum temperatures on 25 July
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