Unseasonable heat to hit parts of Canada and China this week

Temperatures will simultaneously fall in parts of Europe, bringing relief to Norway, Sweden, Italy and the Balkans

There will be a big change in temperature across parts of Europe this week. Northern Scandinavia experienced unprecedented heat last week with Tana Bru and Banak in Norway reaching 32.5C on Wednesday, the hottest June day ever recorded within the Arctic Circle. Other areas recorded temperatures of 30C to 32C on Saturday.

Meanwhile, although temperatures have eased slightly over the last week, Italy and much of the Balkans have been in the grip of a heatwave for some time, which has resulted in sea surface temperatures in the Black Sea and eastern parts of the Mediterranean Sea rising to and remaining more than 5C above average in places.