The last days of October brought exceptional temperatures to Europe, which are rare so late in the year. France was 33C, Spain 35C and some places in Europe were above 25C, although the normal temperature was below 15C. In Romania, on the last day of October in Calafat, it was the hottest in Croatia at +28.6 degrees.

In the last days of October, warm air masses arrived in Europe from North Africa, the maximum temperature of which was even 15-20 degrees above normal. In a completely unusual year, when many fear that winter heating bills will be extremely high, it is a good thing that autumn did not bring too many cold days.

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In countries such as France, Austria and Switzerland, October is the warmest month since records have been kept. In France, there were days when the temperature was more than 8 degrees above normal, reaching a maximum of 33.3 degrees in Lomne (Haute-Pyrénées region) on 28 October.

In Spain, it was 35 degrees in places like Jerez de la Frontera, but also over 25 degrees in Belgium and almost 27 degrees in Aue in Germany, unusually high temperatures for the last days of October. On the 18th, it was +35.8 degrees in Spain.

An amazing night record was recorded at a mountain weather station in Austria: the minimum was +20.4 C in Kolomansberg, 1113 m above sea level.

In Slovenia and Switzerland, for the first time this late in the year, it was more than 25 degrees.

On October 31, it was +29.8°C in Knin (Croatia), +29°C in Girokastra (Albania), +28.2°C in Strumica (Macedonia), +28.1°C in Podgorica (Montenegro), Serbia (Negotin) +28°C. ).

Sources: weatheronline.co.uk, ilfattoquotidiano.it, Washington Post, larepubliquedespyrenees.fr, eldoradoweather.com, meteociel.fr