A punishing early-season heat wave that tormented large swaths of Europe over the weekend is easing after delivering hundreds of record high temperatures. The most extreme temperatures compared to normal focused in France, where monthly and even all-time records were broken. Selected Saturday heat recordsFollowing numerous locations surpassing 104 degrees (40 Celsius) Friday, the heat wave peaked in France on Saturday, when more than a dozen all-time records were set. A high temperature of 110.1 degrees (43.4 Celsius) recorded in Pissos on Saturday was only 0.1 degrees Celsius below the all-time record there. A sample of Sunday’s heat records includes:Somewhat cooler weather over the weekend in Spain allowed more firefighters to help with efforts to control a massive wildfire in the country’s northwest.
