Spain Has More than 5,800 Deaths Attributable to Heat During This Summer, the Highest Figure in the Last Decade
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The summer of 2026 recorded the highest mortality attributable to heat in Spain in the last decade, with an estimated total of 5,807 deaths between 15 May and 30 September, according to the calculations of the System for Monitoring Daily Mortality for All Causes (MoMo) of the Carlos III Health Institute (ISCIII).This summer's figure far exceeds that recorded in the previous two years, where MoMo estimated 3,832 deaths attributable to excess temp…
The number of deaths, attributable to high temperatures, has exceeded the figures of the two most lethal summers since 2015: that of 2022 with 4,789 and that of 2025 with 3,832 deaths.
The summer of 2026 leaves 5,807 deaths attributable to heat, the worst balance of the last decade, according to the Carlos III Health Institute
The MoMo system counts 5,807 deaths attributable to heat in Spain this summer, 51% more than in 2025 and the highest number since 2015. The entry Heat deaths in Spain rise to 5,807 this summer, 51% more than the previous year was first published in What!.
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ALnavíoSpain recorded 5,807 deaths attributable to heat during the summer, a record number that alerts to the effects of high temperatures on health.
High temperatures caused 187 estimated deaths in Castilla-La Mancha between May 15 and September 30, according to the mortality surveillance system of the Carlos III Health Institute. In Spain as a whole, deaths attributable to heat reached 5,807, the highest figure of the last decade, in a summer with four heat waves.
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