8 Aug, 2024 @ 11:08
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Spain faces hottest day since 1950 this weekend as fourth heatwave of the year to bring ‘dangerous’ temperatures

SPAIN is facing one of its hottest days on record this weekend, weather experts have warned. 

It comes as the fourth heatwave of the year is set to arrive on Friday and last until Sunday. 

Temperatures will surpass 40C in large parts of the country, even reaching 34C in the northernmost territory of Galicia. 

In a statement online, official weather agency AEMET said: “It is expected that temperatures, already high, will continue to rise progressively in the coming days, reaching dangerous levels, especially in the valleys of the main peninsular and depressions in the northeast.” 

The mercury is set to reach its peak on Saturday, in what could be the hottest day since records began more than 70 years ago, reports infobae. 

However it is Sunday that will likely break a record for the hottest August 11 since 1950. 

If achieved, it would mark the 26th heat record for specific days in Spain this year. 

Aemet warned: “It would be the hottest August 11 in Spain since at least 1950… what would be expected in a full year in an unchanged climate would be five records.” 

From today until Sunday, a majority of the country is under some form of weather alert for extreme heat. 

You can check your area by using Aemet’s interactive map here. 

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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