Europe 1 with AFP 10:27 p.m., July 20, 2022

Denmark experienced its highest temperature for the month of July on Wednesday and could record an absolute heat record.

The last record for a month of July dates back to 1941, when the thermometer had reached 35.3 degrees, so was beaten with 35.6 degrees measured in the town of Borris.

Denmark experienced its highest temperature for the month of July on Wednesday and is in danger of recording an all-time heat record, the country's meteorological institute announced on Wednesday as the heat wave that has already caused temperature records in Europe reaches the Scandinavia.

The previous July temperature record in Denmark was measured in 1941, when the thermometer reached 35.3 degrees Celsius, according to the Danish Meteorological Institute (DMI).

Heat also affects Sweden

"Today it was beaten with 35.6 degrees measured at Borris in West Jutland," DMI said on Twitter on Wednesday.

The meteorological institute had already warned that several Danish temperature records could be broken on Wednesday due to the arrival of hot air from the south.

“Today could go down in history, as some forecasts suggest a new Danish temperature record is within reach,” DMI said in a statement on Wednesday.

"The old record is 47 years old."

Denmark's all-time temperature record, 36.4 degrees Celsius, was recorded in August 1975.

In neighboring Sweden, the Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (SMHI) on Tuesday issued an alert covering much of the country for the days of Wednesday and Thursday.

"It will be very hot, with temperatures up to 30-35 degrees," the Swedish weather agency warned.