Spain records 61 heatwave days in 2026, highest on record
AEMET said the country logged 61 heatwave days, while health monitors estimated 5,234 heat-related deaths over the summer.
- On Wednesday, AEMET reported that mainland Spain endured its hottest summer since 1961, recording an unprecedented 61 heatwave days across June, July, and August that obliterated the previous record of 41 from 2022.
- Spain's 10 hottest summers have all occurred in the 21st century, with average temperatures this year reaching 24.5C, exceeding the 2025 record by 0.3C and the 1991-2020 reference period by 2.4C.
- The Carlos III Health Institute estimated more than 5,000 heat-related deaths from June to August, establishing a record since the agency began tracking such statistics in 2015.
- According to the European Forest Fire Information System, almost 296,000 hectares burned in Spain through September 2 as extreme heat created ideal conditions for widespread wildfires.
- Exceptional heat extended beyond traditional summer limits, with the municipality of Granado reaching 45.7C on September 2, matching the monthly record and marking the highest temperature in Spain this year.
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Spain experienced the hottest summer in the history of meteor observations, with 61 days of hot weather and a record average temperature.
Spain lived 61 days under a heat wave in 2026, the warmest summer since 1961. Number of deaths was also the greatest ever.
Spain registered 61 days under heat wave conditions on its mainland and in the Balearic Islands in 2026, the largest number already recorded and far above the previous record of 41 days, in 2022, informed on Wednesday the national meteorological agency Aemet. Read also: UN admits for the first time that the target of 1.5°C of the Paris Agreement will be exceeded South America is subject to tragedies like that of Nepal The country also had its wa…
Spain recorded this year the warmest summer since the beginning of the meteorological measurements, with an average temperature of 24.5°C, with three tenths of a degree Celsius above the average value of the summer of 2025, which held this record, announced Wednesday the National Meteorology Agency of Spain.
Spain records 61 heatwave days in 2026, highest on record
Spain recorded 61 days under heatwave conditions across the mainland and Balearic Islands in 2026, the highest number on record and far above the previous peak of 41 days in 2022, national weather agency AEMET said on Wednesday.
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