Blistering Temperatures Sweep Across Southeastern Europe As Summer Heats Up

With temperatures expected to hit 37 degrees Celsius on June 21, very few people were taking advantage of the water in Trebinje, Bosnia-Herzegovina.

Extreme weather -- including record-breaking temperatures -- continues across Europe following a backdrop of 12 consecutive months that have ranked as the warmest on record in year-on-year comparisons, according to the European Union's climate-change-monitoring service.

 

Kosovar women in Pristina enjoy ice cream in a shaded area as temperatures rose to 34 degrees Celsius on June 21.
 

With the city of Budapest under an excessive-heat warning, South Korea's Chaehyun Seo took part in the Sport Climbing Olympic Qualifier Series under a cloudless sky.


 

A man stands in a public fountain in Bucharest on June 20, where temperatures climbed to 38 degrees Celsius. 

A woman tries to cool herself with water mist in Skopje, where temperatures are expected to max out at 37 degrees Celsius on June 22.


 

A man refreshes himself with a beer as he cools his feet during the first summer heatwave on June 19 in Barbana, near Ulcinj in Montenegro.

 

Soccer fans who gathered for the Euro 2024 match between Croatia and Albania are treated to a foam mist in the fan zone at Skanderbeg Square in Tirana during halftime. 

Construction workers drink lots of water while working on a building in Pristina.

In Skopje, people cool themselves by jumping into the Treska River.

As winds from North Africa push a hot and dry front across the Balkans, temperatures as high as 40 degrees Celsius are expected throughout the region in the coming days.