Italy

Montoro (Córdoba) sets the highest temperature record for Spain on August 14, 2021.

Plus ultra, quite literaly

The highest temperature ever recorded in Spain, August 14, 2021

GFS output for August 11 in Europe showing 850 hPa geopotential (gpdm) and temperature (in Celsius)

Here comes the sun

Europe’s new highest temperature record (provisionally) set in Italy