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Spain records its highest temperature of the year

From Delfi · () Lithuanian

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  • Spain recorded a temperature of 45.7 degrees Celsius in El Granado, Huelva province, according to the national weather service Aemet.
  • The reading matched the highest September temperature previously recorded in Spain, while January-to-August was the country’s hottest such period on record.
  • Recent heatwaves have contributed to excess deaths, drought, falling river levels and major forest fires.

Spain recorded its highest temperature of the year on Thursday, with 45.7 degrees Celsius measured in El Granado in Huelva province, Andalusia, the country’s meteorological service Aemet said.

The reading matched Spain’s existing September heat record. In a small part of Andalusia, Aemet had issued its highest, red-level heat warning. It was the first time since the warning system was introduced in 2007 that the top alert had applied in September.

Spain had already experienced several heatwaves during the summer, with temperatures rising well above 40 degrees. The heat contributed to thousands of additional deaths, drought, lower river levels and major forest fires.

Scientists say progressing climate change is making such extreme weather more intense and frequent. Aemet said the period from January through August was Spain’s hottest since records began. Average temperatures exceeded those recorded during the four previous hottest January-to-August periods, all of which occurred within the past four years. The meteorological service called this an “undeniable sign that warming in Spain is accelerating.”

Undeniable sign that warming in Spain is accelerating.

· AemetThe meteorological service’s description of the record warmth from January through August.
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