Well,

Same case in Slovenia. Hottest ever temp has been recorded for february : 24.1°C on the 28th.
https://t.co/WJJx5Njb07

The same in Hungary... 23.5°C recorded in Sarvar. This is a new record for the country...
https://www.met.hu/omsz/OMSZ_hirek/index.php?id=3135&m=2&hir=Uj_orszagos_es_fovarosi_homersekleti_rekord_(2019.02.28

And I was thinking... Ok this is happening in Europe.... But...
Tasmania has just experienced 39.7°C on the 2nd of march. All time record...
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-03-02/march-temperature-record-set-in-hobart-for-tasmania/10864696

Poor us !

@Gabou971 That is a perfect picture. I was in the Julian Alps in summer 2017 and the landscape is just amazing. Thank you for such a nice photo!

There's a close mirroring of jetstream pattern at present, they usually look quite different, i.e. the polar vortex is looking more like extended jetstream flow.

10 hPa
2019-02-23 10 hPa.png
70 hPa
2019-02-23 70 hPa.png
250 hPa
2019-02-23 250 hPa.png