Historic Winter Heat Wave , Sets Records Across Europe.<br />NBC reports that a heat wave <br />has smashed previous national records <br />for high temperatures across Europe this winter.<br />In several European states, January temperatures <br />reached all-time highs, with <br />records being set in at least seven nations.<br />On January 1, the Polish capital <br />of Warsaw saw temperatures <br />as high as 66 degrees Fahrenheit.<br />Meanwhile, even higher temperatures <br />were recorded in the northern <br />Spanish city of Bilbao and in Switzerland. .<br />The unseasonably warm weather has also forced <br />some low-altitude ski resorts in the Alps and French <br />Pyrenees to close down just weeks after opening.<br />Other countries to break record-high temperatures <br />include the Netherlands, Denmark, Poland, <br />Czech Republic, Belarus, Latvia and Lithuania. .<br />Other countries to break record-high temperatures <br />include the Netherlands, Denmark, Poland, <br />Czech Republic, Belarus, Latvia and Lithuania. .<br />France, Germany and Ukraine <br />have also seen regional <br />record-high temperatures broken. .<br />According to Scottish meteorologist <br />Scott Duncan, the European heat wave is , "hard to comprehend.".<br />Truly unprecedented <br />in modern records, Scott Duncan, Scottish meteorologist, via NBC .<br />NBC reports that the winter heat wave <br />comes after Europe experienced <br />the region's hottest summer on record.
