Barcelona, Spain recorded a maximum temperature of 40.5°C on Wednesday, the highest figure in 112 years of record-keeping, the meteorological agency said as a heatwave hit Spain.
Provisional data from the Fabra Observatory on the hilly western outskirts of Barcelona has broken the previous record of 40°C recorded on July 30, 2024, the regional weather monitoring agency Meteocat said via X.
At Barcelona's El Prat airport, which is almost at sea level and lies next to the Mediterranean Sea, the thermometer reached 37.7°C, the highest reading in records that began in 1924, said the national meteorological agency AEMET.
"Barcelona has recorded the hottest day," confirmed AEMET spokesman Jose Angel Nunez, saying the two stations are the city's reference observatories, launching Al Arabiya from AFP (9/7).
The proximity to the Mediterranean Sea usually dampens the heat in Spain's second-largest city, which is a world tourist magnet.
The latest heatwave, which began in Spain on Sunday, is expected to continue until Thursday, with some weather stations recording temperatures above 44°C this week.
AEMET issued the highest red alert for heat waves in several areas of Catalonia and Valencia on Wednesday.
The second highest orange alert was in place for most of central, southern and northeastern regions, including Barcelona.
The extraordinary heat wave that hit most of Europe in late June caused the Spanish mainland to experience the highest daily average temperature for the month since at least 1950, namely 28.17°C.
According to estimates from the MoMo monitoring system, more than 1,000 deaths can be attributed to last month's heatwave.
Scientists say human-caused climate change is increasing the intensity, duration and frequency of extreme weather events such as heatwaves.
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