(AccuWeather) – Paris joined the growing list of all-time high temperatures being broken as the second blistering heatwave of the summer gripped a wide swath of Europe. Following the record warm start to the day, Thursday brought the peak of the deadly heatwave in France as temperatures soared to 42.6 C (108.7 F) in Paris. That breaks the city’s all-time high-temperature record of 40.4 C (104.7 F) at Parc Montsouris, set more than 70 years ago.

A day after setting these records on Wednesday, the Netherlands and Germany registered new all-time high temperatures on Thursday. In the Netherlands, temperatures rose to 41.7 C (107.1 F) at Deelen. This is the first-ever occurrence of temperature at or above 40 C (104.0 F) in the country. In Germany, a high of 42.6 C (106.7 F) was recorded at Lingen. Prior to this heatwave, the country’s previous record of 40.3 C (104.5 F) was from 5 July 2015.  Thursday marks the third consecutive day of records falling as Europe endures its second heatwave of the summer. READ MORE