lee wrote on Jul 27
th, 2019 at 7:38pm:
BTW - I had a look at your favourite website - he Garudian.
"Wednesday’s Dutch record of 39.3C (102.7F), set in Eindhoven, lasted less than 24 hours, with the mercury at a weather station at the southern Gilze-Rijen airbase climbing on Thursday afternoon to 40.4C, the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI) said."
According to weatherunderground there is no data prior to 1990.
https://www.wunderground.com/history/monthly/nl/eindhoven/EHEH/date/1990-2Some record.
Here are some records.
Paris saw a record high temperature of 42.6C (108.7F) on Thursday, amid a heatwave that broke records across Western Europe.
A red alert - the highest level - was issued in northern France.
Meanwhile Belgium, Germany, Luxembourg and the Netherlands also reached new record highs, of 41.8C, 41.5C, 40.8C and 40.7C respectively.
The UK recorded a record temperature for July of 38.1C, with trains told to run more slowly to stop rails buckling.
"Climate change has increased the likelihood and severity of heatwave episodes across Europe," the UK's national weather service said.