22 Jun, 2018 @ 17:07
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Spain set for coldest summer in years after wettest spring since 1965

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SPAIN will have its mildest summer since 2014, AEMET has predicted.

Spokesperson for the weather agency Ana Casals said there is ‘no strong climatological signal’ to suggest heat waves or higher temperatures than in previous years.

Another AEMET spokeswoman, Delia Gutiérrez, added: “This summer the forecast is not showing a clear signal, unlike other years when there were signs of a very hot summer ahead.”

Only Catalunya, Valencia and the Balearics are expected to be warmer than usual in the coming months.

There is also, to date, no indication of any impending heatwave.

Last summer was one of the hottest on record, with five heatwaves and temperatures soaring above 40C.

Cordoba in Andalucia reached 46.9C on July 13.

Since 1975 there have only been 10 summers without heatwaves, most recently in 2014, 2010, 2002 and 2000.

The mild prediction comes after the wettest spring in Spain since 1965.

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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