In most of central and eastern Europe, June 2019 was either the hottest or amongst the hottest months of June in our weather archive, which lasts back to 1979.
The last week of June was the hottest in large parts of western, central and southern Europe.
Eastern Spain, eastern France, Germany, Czechia,Poland, Lithuania and Latvia suffered the greatest impact of the heatwave on annual crops.
This mainly concerns regions where crops had already been weakened in earlier stages and/or where the effects of below-average water supply were exacerbated by the high temperatures.
At EU level, the yield impacts of the heatwave, compared to the June issue of the MARS Bulletin are expected to be of little or no significance for winter barley, durum wheat and rapeseed; and relatively small for winter soft wheat, sunflower and grain maize.
The yield potential for spring barley and spring wheat is expected to be more significantly reduced. The outlook for sugar beet and potatoes has also weakened but overall good yields are still possible depending on thermal conditions and water availability in the coming months.
The next Bulletin with updated forecasts will be published on 22 July.
Further information
MARS bulletins - crop monitoring in Europe
Daily max temperatures
©European Union, 2019
Daily max temperatures - June 2019
©European Union, 2019
