18 Jun, 2017 @ 14:29
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Spain’s summer to be one of the hottest on record

Summer Heatwave in Spain e
Summer Heatwave in Spain in 2016
Summer Heatwave in Spain

AEMET has predicted that this summer will be even hotter than last year’s.

It comes after summer 2016 was the third hottest since 1965 (surpassed only by 2015 and 2003), with an average temperature of 24.2ºC.

May 2017 was far warmer than usual (2.4ºC above the average), and, bar 2015, it was the hottest in 83 years.

May was also drier than the norm, noticeable by lower water levels, according to AEMET, but rainfall is expected to be normal in the coming two months.

It has warned of a high risk of fires across the region.

Anyone who sees a fire should call 621 or 112 immediately.

 

 

Laurence Dollimore

Laurence Dollimore is a Spanish-speaking, NCTJ-trained journalist with almost a decade’s worth of experience.
The London native has a BA in International Relations from the University of Leeds and and an MA in the same subject from Queen Mary University London.
He earned his gold star diploma in multimedia journalism at the prestigious News Associates in London in 2016, before immediately joining the Olive Press at their offices on the Costa del Sol.
After a five-year stint, Laurence returned to the UK to work as a senior reporter at the Mail Online, where he remained for two years before coming back to the Olive Press as Digital Editor in 2023.
He continues to work for the biggest newspapers in the UK, who hire him to investigate and report on stories in Spain.
These include the Daily Mail, Telegraph, Mail Online, Mail on Sunday and The Sun and Sun Online.
He has broken world exclusives on everything from the Madeleine McCann case to the anti-tourism movement in Tenerife.

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4 Comments

  1. I have spent the last six winters in southern Spain (Andalucia), and winter temperatures there have certainly not been higher than normal, according to the locals. So we should probably be cautious about drawing conclusions.

    • Please, it’s the average temperature there is higher, and yes you probably do not feel that the average temperature is higher night and day. Is it people like you who do not believe in climate change?

  2. Ranveig Wormstrand, Please, it’s the average temperature there is higher, and yes you probably do not feel that the average temperature is higher night and day. Is it people like you who do not believe in climate change?

  3. Ranveig: Please, it’s the average temperature there is higher, and yes you probably do not feel that the average temperature is higher night and day. Is it people like you who do not believe in climate change

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