Spain, immersed in the heat wave with temperatures around 40 degrees in many places

Spain is in the midst of its characteristic dog days – between 15 July and 15 August – with temperatures hovering around 40 degrees in many places and dry, sunny weather in almost the entire country.

Although the values ​​that technically determine the declaration of a “heat wave” have not been met, nine autonomous communities have woken up today on alert due to the high temperatures expected during the central hours of the day, when there is maximum sunshine.

The warning is “orange” (significant risk) for the island of Gran Canaria, and the rest of the Canary Islands – except Lanzarote and Fuerteventura – and the communities of Andalusia, Aragon, Castile and Leon, Castile-La Mancha, Catalonia, Extremadura, Madrid and Valencia are also “yellow” (risk), according to data from the State Meteorological Agency (Aemet).

Data from Aemet indicate that in many places in these autonomous communities temperatures will once again be extremely high today, around 37 and 38 degrees, and in some places – in the provinces of Córdoba, Jaén, Huelva and Seville – thermometers will be around or even exceed 40 degrees.

Will continue

Hot and dry weather will continue tomorrow, following a heat wave (the third in two weeks) that has seen temperatures reach 44 degrees over the past few days.

And despite the slight thermal relief that was appreciated yesterday, the thermometers shot up again in Vélez-Málaga, up to 42.8 degrees; Rincón de la Victoria (Málaga), up to 42.2; in Torremolinos (42); in the capital of Malaga (41.3); and in Coín (Málaga).

Many towns in Malaga recorded their highest temperatures of the day yesterday, but temperatures also exceeded 40 degrees in places in Murcia and Las Palmas.

Almost all provincial capitals are now over 30 degrees, with only the cities of Bilbao, A Coruña, San Sebastián, Lugo, Pamplona, ​​Santander, Vitoria and Oviedo not experiencing temperatures above this level.

This weather situation will continue over the next few days and tomorrow, although temperatures will tend to fall slightly on the peninsular Mediterranean coast, on the Andalusian Atlantic coast and in the Canary Islands, they will rise again in most of the peninsula, and more noticeably in the centre and in the north.

Aemet forecasts indicate that tomorrow temperatures will again exceed 35 degrees on the southern Atlantic slope, in depressions in the northeast of the peninsula, the middle of the Ebro and the centre of the northern plateau, and in parts of the south and interior of the Canary Islands they will reach 35, or 40 in areas of the valleys of the Tajo, the Guadiana and the Guadalquivir.

The State Meteorological Agency (Aemet) has already announced that temperatures will be higher than normal at least during the quarter between August and October.

Aemet’s forecasts for the next quarter also indicate a greater probability of the weather being drier than normal throughout the peninsula and in the Balearic and Canary archipelagos.

Alerts

Nine autonomous communities will be on alert today due to the high temperatures that will be recorded again during the central hours of the day, which will be around 40 degrees in many places.

The alert is “orange” (significant risk) on the island of Gran Canaria, where temperatures will rise to 37 degrees and will mainly affect the Tejada basin and the midlands facing south and west. In the Canary Islands of La Palma, La Gomera, El Hierro and Tenerife, a “yellow” warning (risk) has also been activated due to the high temperatures that will be recorded throughout the day.

In addition, the communities of Andalusia, Aragon, the Balearic Islands, Castile and Leon, Castile-La Mancha, Catalonia, Extremadura, Madrid and the Valencian Community are on “yellow” alert for heat.

Madrid / EFE