UK temperatures reached 35.1C on May 26 at Kew Gardens, exceeding the prior 32.8C record set in 1922 and 1944. A stalled heat dome produced the May and June events, while European countries recorded 10,650 excess deaths in the week of June 22-28, mostly among those aged 65 and older. Attribution statements link the events to human-induced climate change that has raised global temperatures by 1.4C since pre-industrial times.