The highest temperature in Austria on the 4th hit a new high since the country recorded meteorological observations. Continued high temperatures and arid weather triggered wildfires in many places. According to real-time monitoring data from the Austrian Institute of Geosciences, Austria's official meteorological agency, the Stammersdorf monitoring station in the capital Vienna measured the highest temperature of 41 degrees Celsius on the 4th, setting a new record for the highest temperature in the country. On the same day, forest and grassland fires broke out in many parts of Austria. The temperature at dozens of monitoring stations exceeded 40 degrees Celsius, and the Vienna Basin, Lower Austria, and Burgenland simultaneously issued the highest level of red high temperature warnings.

The highest temperature in Austria on the 4th hit a new high since the country recorded meteorological observations. Continued high temperatures and arid weather triggered wildfires in many places. According to real-time monitoring data from the Austrian Institute of Geosciences, Austria's official meteorological agency, the Stammersdorf monitoring station in the capital Vienna measured the highest temperature of 41 degrees Celsius on the 4th, setting a new record for the highest temperature in the country. On the same day, forest and grassland fires broke out in many parts of Austria. The temperature at dozens of monitoring stations exceeded 40 degrees Celsius, and the Vienna Basin, Lower Austria, and Burgenland simultaneously issued the highest level of red high temperature warnings.