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Khaleej Times
2 days ago
- Climate
- Khaleej Times
Spain records highest May temperature till date, braces for sweltering summer
Mainland Spain experienced its hottest May day ever on Friday, with the average temperature surpassing 24 degrees Celsius (75 degrees Fahrenheit), national weather agency AEMET said on Monday. The average temperature across the country hit 24.08C, breaking the previous record for the month of 23.73C set on May 21, 2022, according to provisional data from the agency. "This was the hottest day for a month of May across mainland Spain since the beginning of the data series in 1950," AEMET wrote on social media. The average temperature on Saturday reached 23.91C, making it the second-hottest May day on record. A mass of hot air moving north from Africa pushed temperatures in some areas of Spain more than 10C above normal for the time of the year. Temperatures exceeded 40C in parts of southern region of Andalusia. While unusual, this is not the first time Spain has experienced exceptionally high May temperatures. Similar events occurred in 2015 and 2022, AEMET said. "This reflects a scenario where summer-like conditions are arriving earlier and more frequently, even before spring has ended," said AEMET spokesperson Ruben del Campo. Scientists say climate change driven by human activity is increasing the length, frequency and intensity of extreme weather events such as heatwaves. The last three years have been the hottest on record in Spain, which is emerging from a years-long drought.
The Guardian
26-05-2025
- Climate
- The Guardian
Spain braces for late May heatwave with 40C forecast in south of country
Spain is bracing for another sweltering end to May, with the mercury in southern parts of the country set to hit 40C (104F) as high-pressure areas and a mass of hot, dry air bring temperatures more than 10C above the seasonal norm. The high temperatures come almost exactly three years after some areas of Spain experienced their hottest May since records began and the temperature at Seville airport reached 41C. 'The last week of May will see a high-temperature episode across a good part of the peninsula, with the kind of temperatures normally seen in high summer, especially from Wednesday,' said Rubén del Campo, a spokesperson for Spain's meteorological office, Aemet. 'In some southern parts of the peninsula, we could see maximum temperatures of more than 40C, and the temperature won't drop below 20C in that region or in Mediterranean areas. We're talking about maximum temperatures that are between five and 10 degrees above normal for this time of year. In some areas, the temperatures will be more than 10 degrees above normal on Thursday.' Del Campo said the high temperatures were down to the presence of high-pressure areas over the peninsula – 'which guarantee stable weather with few clouds and a lot of sun' – and the arrival of a mass of dry, warm air over the peninsula from North Africa. He added that the most affected areas would be south-east Spain, its central region, and the Ebro Valley in the north-east of the country. Temperatures on the two hottest days this week – probably Thursday and Friday – are forecast to reach 35C in central and northern areas and 40C along the Guadalquivir River in Andalucía. The hot spell is forecast to last until at least Saturday, when atmospheric instability could bring clouds, dust clouds, and a lowering of temperatures. Spain recorded its highest ever temperature in August 2021, when the mercury in the Andalucían town of Montoro, near Córdoba, reached 47.4C. A 2022 Aemet study found that the arrival of 30C temperatures across Spain and the Balearic islands had come an average of 20 to 40 days earlier over the past 71 years. 'The summer is eating up the spring,' Del Campo told El País at the time. 'What's happening fits perfectly with a situation where you have a warmer planet,' he said, adding that the rise in temperatures was a 'direct and palpable [consequence] of climate change … The climate in Spain isn't the one we used to know. It's got more extreme.'
