Temperature in the Netherlands tops 40 C for first time

Temperatures in the Netherlands topped 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) for the first time on record on Thursday, Dutch meteorology institute KNMI said. Temperatures peaked at 40.4 C in the south of the country, breaking the national record of 39.3 degrees set a day earlier.

Until Wednesday, the Dutch national heat record had stood at 38.6 degrees since the summer of 1944.

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