# Slovakia records Central Europe’s highest temperature ever

https://mins.news/en/item/16032

- TASS, 2026-08-07 09:59 UTC
- World
- Original: https://tass.com/world/2170107

> A temperature of 42.2 degrees Celsius was recorded on Thursday in Dolne Plachtince, a village in southern Slovakia. The reading was described as Central Europe’s all-time temperature high. The record occurred amid a period of intense heat in the region.

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