As Europe bakes in early heatwave, fan and air-con sales skyrocket

AF Agence France-PresseSouth China Morning PostFiled 2026-06-24 · 04:37 GMTLean · Center-RightRead · 1 min

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Europe is experiencing an unprecedented heatwave, with record-breaking temperatures in many countries. This extreme weather is attributed to atmospheric patterns trapping hot air, a situation exacerbated by global warming, according to experts. As a result, sales of fans and air conditioners have surged across the continent, which is largely unprepared for such intense heat. In France, the national temperature indicator, an average of daytime and nighttime temperatures, reached 29.8 degrees Celsius on Tuesday, the highest since records began in 1947. The heatwave is expected to continue.

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France's national temperature indicator reached 29.8 degrees on Tuesday, the hottest since measurements began in 1947.

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Extreme weather is being driven by atmospheric and circulation patterns exacerbated by global warming, according to experts.

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Air-conditioner sales are skyrocketing in Europe due to the heatwave.

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Europe is experiencing an unprecedented heatwave that has smashed records in many countries.

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Europe braced for more of an unprecedented heatwave that has smashed records in many countries and sent air-conditioner sales zooming in a continent unused and ill-equipped to handle searing heat.The extreme weather was being driven by atmospheric and circulation patterns that keep hot air trapped in place for days, causing the mercury to slowly rise, with these factors exacerbated by global warming, experts say.France’s national temperature indicator – an average of daytime and nighttime temperatures across 30 stations – reached 29.8 degrees on Tuesday, the hottest since measurements began in 1947.

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