Italy registered Europe's hottest temperature on record: 48.8°C

ROME - Amid ongoing wildfires across southern Europe and the eastern Mediterranean, Sicily is thought to have registered the hottest temperature ever recorded on the continent.

Regional authorities reported a reading of 48.8C (119.8F), which needs to be verified by the World Meteorological Organization, on the Italian island yesterday. The current official record in Europe is 48C registered in Athens in 1977. Climate change increases the risk of hot and dry weather that is likely to fan the devastating wildfires.

According to the WMO, the current official record in Europe is 48°C, registered in Athens, Greece, in 1977.

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