US Edition2025 Summer Was Spain's Warmest on Record: Weather Agency
Spain's average summer temperature rose by 2.1°C above normal, with over 3,600 heat-related deaths, marking a significant increase from 2024, officials reported.
- Spain experienced its hottest summer on record in 2025, marked by three major heatwaves spanning 33 days across mainland, Balearic, and Canary Islands.
- These heatwaves stemmed from ongoing climate change trends causing progressively hotter summers and sparked renewed debate over national preparedness and climate policies.
- The August heatwave was especially severe, lasting 16 days with temperatures averaging 4.6°C above normal, fueling large wildfires that burned over 362,000 hectares.
- The August heatwave resulted in over 1,100 excess heat-related deaths, raising the total summer death toll above 2,200, with the majority affecting older adults, as reported by the Carlos III Health Institute.
- Authorities urged comprehensive public health strategies, emergency preparedness, and emissions reduction policies to mitigate future extreme heat impacts expected to increase in frequency.
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The State Meteorology Agency has published the temperature statistics recorded in the summer of 2025, and the average is the highest since records are kept.
2025 marks Spain’s hottest summer ever
Spain has endured its hottest summer on record, with soaring temperatures and extreme weather events wreaking havoc across the country, the State Meteorological Agency (AEMET) has confirmed. The average temperature during the summer of 2025 reached 24.2°C, surpassing the previous record set in 2022 and sitting 2.1°C above the historical average for the period 1991–2020. Source
The summer of 2025 was the warmest ever recorded in Spain, with an average temperature of 24.2oC, surpassing the record set so far, at the same time in 2022, announced Tuesday the national weather agency Aemet. ...
The average temperature of the country has exceeded by 2.1oC the seasonal average that leaves behind the previous record that had been reached in 2022 with 33 days of heat waveThe heat wave is no coincidence: what do these temperatures have to do with climate change The State Agency of Meteorology (Aemet) has confirmed this Tuesday that the summer of 2025 has been the hottest recorded since there are data.The average temperature of the country h…
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