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At a Glance On Aug. 1, North and South Korea set new national heat records.

Each capital city in the Korean Peninsula set an all-time record high.

This is just the latest example of all-time records set across the world since June.

A blistering heat wave smashed all-time national heat records in North and South Korea this week, the latest in what has been a string of all-time heat records set in several locations worldwide from Japan to Europe to North America.

Hongcheon, South Korea, soared to at least 40.3 degrees Celsius – 104.5 degrees Fahrenheit – Wednesday, topping the previous national heat record of 40 degrees at Daegu on Aug. 1, 1942, according to the Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA) .

<img class="styles__noscript__2rw2y" src="https://dsx.weather.com/util/image/w/korea-heat-1aug18.jpg?v=at&w=485&h=273&api=7db9fe61-7414-47b5-9871-e17d87b8b6a0" srcset="https://dsx.weather.com/util/image/w/korea-heat-1aug18.jpg?v=at&w=485&h=273&api=7db9fe61-7414-47b5-9871-e17d87b8b6a0 400w, https://dsx.weather.com/util/image/w/korea-heat-1aug18.jpg?v=ap&w=980&h=551&api=7db9fe61-7414-47b5-9871-e17d87b8b6a0 800w" > The upper-level pattern responsible for the record-smashing Korean heat wave in late July - early August, 2018. A dome of high pressure aloft was parked over northeast China, extending into the Korean Peninsula.

According to the Yonhap News Agency (YNA), it was only the second time South Korea had registered a high of at least 40 degrees Celsius in records dating to 1907.

Both capital cities on the Korean Peninsula each appeared to set their new all-time records.

South Korea's capital and largest city, Seoul, soared to 39.6 degrees Celsius Wednesday, topping their previous record of 38.4 degrees Celsius from July 24, 1994 , the YNA reported.

Pyongyang, North Korea, also appeared to have set an all-time record, reaching 37.8 degrees Celsius – 100 degrees Fahrenheit – Wednesday, according to weather records expert Maximiliano Herrera .

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According to the KMA, average August highs in South Korea range from 23 to 27 degrees Celsius.

Over 2,200 people suffered heatstroke, and 28 heat-related fatalities were reported from May 20 through July 30, the YNA reported, citing data from the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

A dome of high pressure aloft centered over northeastern China, along with some winds blowing down the slopes of the high country of the Korean Peninsula, sent temperatures rocketing to record levels.

Ensemble model forecasts suggest the extreme heat may ease a bit by the weekend, but temperatures may still remain markedly hotter than average for the foreseeable future.

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This same upper-level high-pressure system was responsible for a deadly Japanese heat wave in July, which, at last report, claimed over 100 lives and set a new national record high in the country.

Record Heat in North Africa, Europe, Middle East

The Korean records are just the latest in a spate of all-time records set in a number of locations in the Northern Hemisphere since late June.

As of the time of this article, a long-running heat wave over northern Europe and Scandinavia was spreading into western Europe, poised to threaten national heat records in Portugal and Spain.

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Finland sweated through their hottest July on record as temperatures soared into the 90s Fahrenheit above the Arctic Circle .

Numerous cities from Scandinavia, to Belgium and the Netherlands set all-time record highs in late July, as documented by Weather Underground's Category 6 blog , including Oslo (34.6 degrees Celsius), Amsterdam (35.7 degrees) and Copenhagen (31.7 degrees).

July 2018 was the hottest month in records dating to 1756 in Stockholm, Sweden , according to the Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute.

<img class="styles__noscript__2rw2y" src="https://s.w-x.co/nhem-anoms-1month-29jul18-arrows.jpg" srcset="https://s.w-x.co/nhem-anoms-1month-29jul18-arrows.jpg 400w, https://s.w-x.co/nhem-anoms-1month-29jul18-arrows.jpg 800w" > Analysis of surface temperature anomalies (in degrees Celsius) from June 29 through July 29, 2018. Areas of persistent heat, heat waves in North America, Europe, north Africa, the Middle East and eastern Asia are highlighted by red arrows.

According to the German Meteorological Service DWD, Berlin set an all-time record-warm daily low temperature , dropping only to 24.4 degrees Celsius – just under 76 degrees Fahrenheit – Wednesday, besting a record that had stood since July 2, 1905.

In late June, the United Kingdom and Ireland seared in record heat, setting all-time records in Scotland , Northern Ireland and Ireland, melting roads and even roofs .

In northern Africa, a high of 51.3 degrees Celsius in Ouargla on July 7 appeared to not only have set a new national record in Algeria, but was at least the second-hottest temperature on record in Africa, subject to a questionable higher value from the early 1930s.

In the Middle East, all-time records were set in the following cities:

In addition to these record highs, one staggering record-warm low was also set. The temperature did not drop below 108.7 degrees in Quriyat, Oman, on Jun. 26 . If confimed by the World Meteorological Organization , that would be a new world-hottest daily low temperature.

Record Heat in the U.S. and Canada

Not to be left out was the persistent heat in parts of North America.

July was the warmest month on record in Caribou, Maine , Burlington, Vermont , and Death Valley, California . Given Death Valley is America's hottest location, it was also hottest month on record anywhere in the United States.

It was a record warm July in Juneau, Alaska , and nearby Ketchikan, Alaska, one of the rainiest places in the U.S., went roughly the final two weeks of July without rain.

Earlier in the summer, Denver matched its all-time record high of 105 degrees on June 28; Mount Washington, New Hampshire, didn't fall below 60 degrees at an elevation of more than 6,200 feet; and several spots in northern Lower Michigan either tied or broke all-time temperature records, some of which dated back 90 years .

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It was also a record-warm July in Montreal and several other locations in eastern Canada .

Montreal's McGill University station set their all-time record high of 36.6 degrees Celsius – just under 98 degrees Fahrenheit – on July 2.

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We'd like to thank weather records experts Maximiliano Hererra and Etienne Kapikian for their insight on these world records.