US EditionSpain Records Highest May Temperature on Record
- Mainland Spain recorded its highest May temperature on Friday, with the average reaching 24.08 degrees Celsius nationwide.
- A mass of hot air moved north from Africa, causing temperatures to rise more than 10 degrees Celsius above normal in some areas.
- Temperatures surpassed 40 degrees Celsius in parts of Andalusia, while Saturday recorded the second-highest average temperature for May ever documented in Spain, reaching 23.91 degrees Celsius.
- AEMET reported that this recent day was the warmest recorded in mainland Spain during May since records began in 1950, with spokesperson Ruben del Campo noting that conditions resembling summer are now occurring earlier and more often.
- The record highlights increasing extreme weather events linked to human-driven climate change and suggests a pattern of earlier, more frequent heatwaves in Spain.
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It is just at the end of May, as the Spanish weather service reports temperatures of 40 degrees. The country-wide average temperature rises to a record value. Unfortunately, the phenomenon of current heat is not new in Spain. The consequences are partly serious.
Mayo has closed with a final record heat stroke, as announced by the State Meteorology Agency (Aemet) and as all the data are now confirmed. According to a study by climatologist César Rodríguez Ballesteros, this month has placed not one, but three days at a stroke in the list of the 10 highest average temperature days for the country as a whole in a month of May. And they are not exactly in the platoon of tail, but are the first three days of t…
Spain records highest May temps on record; UK registers warmest spring on record
Barcelona (AFP) June 2, 2025 Mainland Spain experienced its hottest May day ever on Friday, with the average temperature surpassing 24 degrees Celsius (75 degrees Fahrenheit), national weather agency AEMET said on Monday. The average temperature across the country hit 24.08C, breaking the previous record for the month of 23.73C set on May 21, 2022, according to provisional data from the agency. "This was the hottest
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