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May–September 2018
Summer 2018 in much of Europe was characterised by prolonged heatwaves, leading to droughts in some areas.
An overview of some of the more significant weather events of 2015, using satellite data, including data from Meteosat and Metop.
EUMETSAT
1B
https://www-cdn.eumetsat.int/files/2020-10/pdf_s3_slstr_l2_nrt_frp_pfs.pdf
15 April 2019 16:00–23:15 UTC
Heat signatures from the fire that destroyed part of the historic Parisian cathedral Notre-Dame in April 2019 could be seen on satellite imagery.
13 June 2015 13:00 UTC–14 June 02:00 UTC
Severe floods occurred in the Georgian capital Tbilisi, on 14 June after very heavy rainfall.
13 Oct 2018 00:00 UTC–15 Oct 12:00 UTC
The extratropical cyclone known as Storm Leslie brought hurricane force winds and severe floods to parts of Portugal, Spain and France in mid-October 2018.
13 June 2015 21:00 UTC
On 13 June smoke from wildfires in Canada travelled over parts of Northern Europe.
1A
https://www-cdn.eumetsat.int/files/2020-04/pdf_ndvi_factsheet.pdf
08 October 2019 00:16 UTC–12 October 12:00 UTC, 13 October
Typhoon Hagibis was the worst storm to hit Japan for half a century, when it made landfall in mid-October 2019.
4 April 2016 08:40 UTC, 08:45 UTC and 09:12 UTC
Observation of the deltas of the Danube and Nile rivers in April 2016.
12 August 2017 17:45 UTC—20 August 04:45 UTC
High level smoke from Canadian wildfires, which started raging in early July 2017, could be seen as far as the Alps in August.
June and July 2019
Maximum temperature records were broken in many parts of Europe in June and July 2019, due to a series of heatwaves.
