Record temperatures could hit Spain, Portugal amid European heat ...
https://edition.cnn.com/2018/08/02/europe/europe-heatwave-drought-wxc.../index.html
Record temperatures could hit Spain, Portugal amid European heat wave ... Updated 1651 GMT (0051 HKT) August 2, 2018 ..... the all-time continental European record of 48 degrees Celsius (118.4 degrees Fahrenheit) this week, ... some parts of east and southeast England had had virtually no rain for more than 50 days.