Spain Reels From Historic Heatwave as It Records over 1,000 Heat-Related Deaths in June
The Carlos III Health Institute said the June heatwave killed at least 1,028 people as Spain logged its hottest first half of the year.
- On Wednesday, the Carlos III Health Institute reported at least 1,028 heat-related deaths in Spain last month, more than double the 407 deaths recorded in June 2025.
- Spain posted its hottest first six months on record, with June 2026 ranking as the second-hottest June ever as average temperatures surged 3.2 degrees above the norm.
- At the heatwave's peak on June 23, roughly 73% of Spain's population—35.7 million people—faced health risks, while AEMET confirmed 165 maximum and 225 minimum temperature records were broken.
- AEMET noted the 13 hottest Junes since 1961 all occurred in the 21st century, a pattern spokesperson Ruben del Campo linked to heatwaves appearing with higher frequency at summer's start.
- The World Weather Attribution group of scientists reported the severe European heatwave would have been "virtually impossible" in June without climate change, as Germany, Poland, and France also shattered all-time temperature records.
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Extreme temperatures hit the continent with unprecedented marks, health risks, closures of public spaces and emergency measures to protect the vulnerable population
Spain’s heat death toll passes 1,000 in June as families face dangerous start to summer
Spain’s second-hottest June on record has been linked to 1,029 heat-attributable excess deaths, turning the first weeks of summer into a warning for families checking on older relatives, residents sleeping in overheated homes and holidaymakers looking for quick relief in pools, rivers or the sea. June’s heatwave has been felt throughout Spain’s households in a myriad of ways: shutters down all… Source
The June heat in Spain claimed the lives of more than a thousand peopleSpain recorded 1,029 deaths due to the heat in June, when temperatures exceeded 40°C. June was the second hottest in all history of observations.
Deadly heat: The recent record temperatures in Spain have cost many lives. In June, more than twice as many died because of the extreme weather as a year ago.
Over 1,000 people may have died from June heatwave in Spain
The month of June in Spain has been “extremely warm.” This is the term that the national weather service Aemet uses for a month or season that departs markedly from the norm on the high side. The average daily temperature on peninsular Spain was 73.8 degrees Fahrenheit (23.2 degrees Celsius), which is 3.2 degrees above the 1991–2020 average, according to provisional Aemet data obtained by EL PAÍS. That is a large anomaly because most differences…
The heat wave in Spain caused 1,029 deaths in June, a record since 2015. With one hundred and sixty-five records of beaten heat, the country suffers one of the warmest months of June ever recorded.
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