 Absolute maxima of July 2006 have been broken in

The warmest July in

Due to the extreme heat in July 2006, the ocean water reached a temperature normally reached in September.This increase in water temperature led to faster evaporation of ocean waters, making August one of the cloudiest and wettest months in recorded history in various western European countries.Many weather experts report this to be a direct consequence of the heat wave, as the high evaporation rate caused the atmosphere to generate many low pressure areas.