Record-Setting Weather in Europe While the lowest temperature
ever measured in Europe was -55 °C (-67 °F) in Ust'Shchugor,
Russia, the event's date was never recorded. The temperature
reached 48 °C (118.4 °F) in both Athens and Elefsina, Greece on
July 10, 1977, setting the official European record high.
There's also an unofficial record of the temperature climbing to
50 °C (122 °F) in Seville, Spain on August 4, 1881. Europe's
wettest place is Crkvica in Bosnia-Hercegovina, which receives
an average 4,648 millimetres (183 inches) of precipitation a
year. The world record for the most rain in 20 minutes is 206
millimetres (8.1 inches) that fell at Curtea-de-Arges, Romania
on July 7, 1889. Just 162.6 millimetres (6.4 inches) of
precipitation falls a year on average in Astrakhan, Russia,
making it the driest place in Europe.