# 2003 European heatwave

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## Timeline

- **2026-06-26**: WWA rapid attribution study released — World Weather Attribution publishes analysis showing the ongoing European heatwave would have been virtually impossible in 1976 and revealing dramatically increased odds due to climate change.
- **2003-08**: Deadly European heatwave — A severe heatwave causes tens of thousands of excess deaths across Europe, becoming a reference point for extreme heat danger.
- **1976-06**: Record summer heatwave in the UK — The summer of 1976 set long-standing June temperature records that remained unbroken until the current heatwave.

## Recent coverage (1 stories)

### Heatwave 3.5°C hotter than 1976: Climate change makes extremes 100x more likely
2026-07-21 11:08:08 · Sentiment: Bearish · Impact: 7/10 · Sources: 2

A rapid attribution study reveals that the European heatwave would have been virtually impossible in 1976 and is now 3.5°C warmer. Overnight temperatures have become 100 times more likely since 2003, delivering the strongest signal yet that climate change is fundamentally reshaping European summers.
Full story: https://getclimatebrief.com/story/heatwave-climate-attribution-35c-hotter

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