In recent years, scorching heat has been reported in the summers. But, according to many people in the central and eastern U. S., the summer this year has turned out to be temperate.

It is being said that if anyone was looking for where the summer has been hot this time, he should be heading to the Atlantic.

It has been found that since the year 2006, Europe has realized record heat. And this week, the temperature went up touching 40 C in Hungary, Portland and Austria.

On Thursday, a new national high temperature record has been set by Austria. Since, the mercury moved up in Bad Deutsch-Altenburg to 40.5ºC, a city close to the Slovakian border. Two other areas have also been reported to have reached this point in terms of heat.

Thus, the country has for the first time ever obscured the mark of 40 C. The daily records had started in the year 1858. An all-time high 39.9 C was noted by Austria last week in Dellach, Carinthia. The old high temperature of the country was recorded at 39.7 C on July 27, 1983.

A higher temperature of 40.6 C was reported initially at Neusiedl am See. However, ZAMG said that the reading was inconsistent.