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Spain's Hottest Summer on Record Leaves Over 5,000 Dead
(MENAFN) Spain endured its hottest summer since records began in 2026, with more than 5,000 deaths linked to soaring temperatures as four separate heat waves battered the country, according to provisional data.
Mainland Spain's average temperature between June 1 and August 31 hit 26C (79F) — 2.5C (4.5F) above the 1991-2020 baseline — a Spanish public broadcaster reported Monday, citing analysis from Spain's national meteorological agency.
Temperatures exceeded normal levels on 95% of days throughout the season, with 33 days ranked as exceptionally hot and 32 more as very hot.
June ranked as Spain's second-hottest on record, averaging 25C (77F), 3.5C (6.3F) above typical levels. July then claimed the title of hottest month on record, averaging 27.3C (81F) — 2.9C (5F) above normal — while August came in as the second-hottest August ever, averaging 26.2C (79F).
The country weathered four separate heat waves, including a brutal 49-day stretch of above-normal temperatures spanning June 6 to July 24.
Extreme heat exacts deadly toll
The soaring temperatures carried severe human costs. Spain's Daily Mortality Monitoring System (MoMo), run by the Carlos III Health Institute, attributed 5,111 deaths across June, July and August to high heat — the highest summer death toll since the system began tracking, and more than double the 2015-2025 average.
Notably, only about 21% of those deaths occurred during officially declared heat waves, underscoring the danger of sustained high temperatures even outside the most extreme stretches.
August proved deadliest, with 2,192 heat-related deaths, followed by 2,025 in July and 937 in June.
Hundreds of temperature records shattered
The summer also smashed hundreds of temperature records nationwide. Over the three-month period, 342 maximum-temperature records and 470 highest-minimum-temperature records fell. All-time local highs were set on 71 separate occasions, many of them in Spain's typically cooler north.
Among the summer's peak readings was a scorching 45.1C (113F) recorded in Andujar, in southern Spain, on June 22.
Nighttime brought little respite — somewhere in Spain, temperatures stayed above 20C (68F) every single night of the summer. One of the hottest nights struck Almeria Airport in the south, where temperatures never dropped below 30.8C (87F).
No relief in September
Even with summer officially over, September has opened with rising temperatures. Spain's meteorological agency is warning of "full summer temperatures" this week, issuing widespread heat alerts as readings are forecast to climb between 37C (99F) and 40C (104F) across the northeast, central, and southern mainland regions.
Mainland Spain's average temperature between June 1 and August 31 hit 26C (79F) — 2.5C (4.5F) above the 1991-2020 baseline — a Spanish public broadcaster reported Monday, citing analysis from Spain's national meteorological agency.
Temperatures exceeded normal levels on 95% of days throughout the season, with 33 days ranked as exceptionally hot and 32 more as very hot.
June ranked as Spain's second-hottest on record, averaging 25C (77F), 3.5C (6.3F) above typical levels. July then claimed the title of hottest month on record, averaging 27.3C (81F) — 2.9C (5F) above normal — while August came in as the second-hottest August ever, averaging 26.2C (79F).
The country weathered four separate heat waves, including a brutal 49-day stretch of above-normal temperatures spanning June 6 to July 24.
Extreme heat exacts deadly toll
The soaring temperatures carried severe human costs. Spain's Daily Mortality Monitoring System (MoMo), run by the Carlos III Health Institute, attributed 5,111 deaths across June, July and August to high heat — the highest summer death toll since the system began tracking, and more than double the 2015-2025 average.
Notably, only about 21% of those deaths occurred during officially declared heat waves, underscoring the danger of sustained high temperatures even outside the most extreme stretches.
August proved deadliest, with 2,192 heat-related deaths, followed by 2,025 in July and 937 in June.
Hundreds of temperature records shattered
The summer also smashed hundreds of temperature records nationwide. Over the three-month period, 342 maximum-temperature records and 470 highest-minimum-temperature records fell. All-time local highs were set on 71 separate occasions, many of them in Spain's typically cooler north.
Among the summer's peak readings was a scorching 45.1C (113F) recorded in Andujar, in southern Spain, on June 22.
Nighttime brought little respite — somewhere in Spain, temperatures stayed above 20C (68F) every single night of the summer. One of the hottest nights struck Almeria Airport in the south, where temperatures never dropped below 30.8C (87F).
No relief in September
Even with summer officially over, September has opened with rising temperatures. Spain's meteorological agency is warning of "full summer temperatures" this week, issuing widespread heat alerts as readings are forecast to climb between 37C (99F) and 40C (104F) across the northeast, central, and southern mainland regions.
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