US EditionSpain sweltered under hottest summer on record in 2025, weather agency says
Spain recorded an average summer temperature of 24.2°C with 382,000 hectares burned in wildfires, marking a 2.1°C increase over the 1991-2020 average, officials said.
- Spain experienced its hottest summer on record in 2025, with an average temperature of 24.2°C from June to August, surpassing the previous record set in 2022.
- The Mediterranean region is heating up 20% faster than the global average, and a record 382,000 hectares burned in wildfires across Spain, exceeding the previous high in 2022.
- Europe has been warming twice as fast as the global average since the 1980s, and climate change, driven by fossil fuel burning, is exacerbating the frequency and intensity of heat and dryness in southern Europe.
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Wildfires in the EU have now destroyed an area roughly the size of Friesland, Groningen and Flevoland combined.
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Spain sweltered under hottest summer on record
Spain says that this summer was the hottest on record for the country. Spain's national weather service said Tuesday that the country had an average temperature of 24.2 degrees Celsius or 75.5 degrees Fahrenheit between June 1 and Aug. 31.
According to Spain's national meteorological service, 9 of the ten hottest summers recorded in Spain since 1961 were in the 21st century.
Spain has recorded its hottest summer on record this year, the Spanish meteorological agency Aemet said on Tuesday.
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