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Mediterranean waters hit record 28.54°C on Aug. 13

From La Vanguardia · () Spanish

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  • The Mediterranean's average surface-water temperature reached a record 28.54°C on Aug. 13, according to Spain's State Meteorological Agency.
  • The agency said the reading was the highest recorded across the Mediterranean since at least 1940.
  • Temperatures had already reached unprecedented levels in late June, when they stood 2.6°C above normal.

Surface waters across the Mediterranean reached 28.54°C on Aug. 13, setting the highest recorded temperature for the sea as a whole since at least 1940, Spain's State Meteorological Agency, Aemet, said.

Aemet said the Mediterranean broke daily temperature records through almost the entire month of August. The agency had already reported unprecedented warmth in late June, when sea temperatures reached levels more typical of the second half of August.

At the end of June, temperatures stood 2.6°C above normal. Aemet described the early-summer conditions as exceptional, saying the Mediterranean was abnormally warm and had already reached temperatures associated with a much later point in the summer season.

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