JULY was mainland Spain’s joint-hottest month since modern records began in 1961, according to the State Meteorological Agency(Aemet).
In a statement, Aemet revealed the average temperature of 25.7C was 2.6C higher than the average of its 1991-2020 reference period.
Last month therefore tied with July 2022 as the country’s warmest recorded month.
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It was also mainland Spain’s driest July on record as 4.3 millimetres of rain fell, which represented just 26% of normal rainfall levels for the time of year- the lowest monthly figure since 1961.
Of the 10 warmest months of July recorded in Spain, eight have occurred in the 21st century, Aemet said.
The south-eastern Murcia region reached the highest temperature last month, clocking up 44.2C on July 23.
Values averaged around 5C above normal in parts of northern Navarra and Aragon, and around 4C above average in the Basque Country, La Rioja, Galicia and inland Catalunya.
Across the country, 33 Aemet weather stations recorded their hottest average July temperatures since their modern records began.
31 stations broke records for average maximum temperatures and 21 for average minimum temperatures.
At 16 stations, records were broken across all three indicators.
Aemet stated that temperatures were exceptionally high during virtually the whole of July with just a short breaking space between July 25 to 27 when daytime and night-time values returned to normal or slightly cooler levels.
While northern Spain recorded some of the largest variations from average figures, the southern part of the country produced the highest temperatures.
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