Over 40 degrees Celsius temperatures for days in Italy is NOT normal! You would know this better than me obvi.
I definitely recall it being hella hot in Taormina when I was there cuz went out and bought a fan for place I was staying at — no AC and windows didn’t have mosquitoes screens so it was either get attacked by lots of extra super nasty Italian mosquitoes who loved the taste of my blood/pheromones or bake in sweltering heat — but over 110 Fahrenheit degrees temperatures in Italy this summer is def NOT just due to cyclical events of planet earth!