Funchal with record temperature in October

Funchal, Madeira, heat, temperatures, | Record values “have been increasing”, says the IPMA.

According to continuous records in Funchal, which date back to 1865, it was in October 1875 that the temperature exceeded 30 degrees.

Funchal reached a maximum temperature of 34.7 degrees Celsius this Thursday, the previous record of 34.3 degrees, was recorded on October 23, 2014.

Madeira recorded a climate record on Thursday, with Funchal reaching a maximum temperature of 34.7 degrees Celsius, the Portuguese Institute of the Sea and the Atmosphere reported today

As DIÁRIO reports today in its printed edition, the IPMA reveals that, yesterday, October 5, another climate record was recorded in Madeira, with the maximum air temperature reaching 34.7°C in Funchal/Meteorological Observatory and surpassing the previous and recent record - 34.3 °C - on October 23, 2014. “Since there have been continuous records in Funchal, since 1865, the first year to exceed 30°C in the month of October was 1875. 31°C were re…