Is this the highest temperature ever recorded in Austria?

No, this is a new record for the city of Vienna. The absolute Austrian record remains at 40.5 degrees, set on August 8, 2013, in Bad Deutsch-Altenburg.

Why is this heat historically significant for Austria?

In the 280-year history of measurements, this is only the fifth day with temperatures of 40 degrees. Of those five days, four have occurred in the summer of 2026, and the 40°C threshold has been surpassed in each of the three summer months for the first time.

Will the heat continue?

According to ORF forecasts, there is no change in the weather in sight. A new heat wave is expected on Tuesday and Wednesday, and it is possible that the absolute national record could be broken.

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Vienna Sizzles at 40.1°C: City Record Broken

Q: What exactly was the temperature measured in Vienna and where?

On Monday, August 3, 2026, a temperature of 40.1 degrees Celsius was measured in Vienna's Stammersdorf district (21st district, Floridsdorf).

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On Monday, a temperature of 40.1 degrees Celsius was measured in Vienna's Stammersdorf district, surpassing the city's 13-year-old record. This marks the fourth day with temperatures of 40 degrees in Austria this summer alone.

Summary

On August 3, 2026, Vienna recorded 40.1°C, breaking the city's record of 39.5°C set in 2013.
This is the fourth day with temperatures of 40°C in Austria this summer, out of a total of five such days in 280 years of measurements.
The absolute Austrian record of 40.5°C from 2013 has not yet been broken, but meteorologists predict further temperature increases.
For the first time in history, the 40°C threshold has been surpassed in June, July, and August of the same year.

On Monday, August 3, 2026, shortly after 3 PM, a temperature of 40.1 degrees Celsius was recorded in Vienna. This is a new absolute temperature record for the Austrian capital, breaking the previous maximum of 39.5 degrees measured in August 2013 in the city center. The news was announced in the afternoon by the Austrian public broadcaster ORF.

Stammersdorf in the Red, the Whole Country Affected

The extreme value was measured in the Stammersdorf district, located in Vienna's 21st municipal district, Floridsdorf. This data gains even more significance when viewed in a broader context: in the entire 280-year history of temperature measurements in Austria, this is only the fifth day on which the mercury has reached or exceeded 40 degrees Celsius.

What is particularly concerning is the frequency of such extreme events. Of those five historic days with temperatures of 40 degrees, four have been recorded in the summer of 2026 alone. Furthermore, for the first time in Austria's climatic history, the 40-degree threshold has been reached or exceeded in each of the three summer months: June, July, and August.

Just 0.4 Degrees from the Absolute National Record

The absolute Austrian heat record still belongs to Bad Deutsch-Altenburg in the state of Lower Austria, where 40.5 degrees Celsius was measured on August 8, 2013. Today's temperature in Vienna lags behind that national maximum by only 0.4 degrees, a gap that, according to meteorologists' forecasts, could be closed in the coming hours or days.

Given the weather conditions, ORF has announced a new wave of extreme heat for Tuesday and Wednesday. No change in the weather is in sight. The hottest days of the week are expected precisely on Tuesday and Wednesday, and new all-time records could fall not only in Vienna but also in Burgenland, Lower Austria, and the eastern parts of the country. In the so-called "red" heat zones, special caution and protection from the sun's harmful rays are advised for the elderly, the chronically ill, and children.

Austria, an alpine country where extreme temperatures were until recently a rarity, is currently experiencing by far the hottest summer ever recorded, and its residents are "groaning" under the onslaught of successive heat waves.