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News: New absolute heat record in Spain: 47.3ºC

News: New absolute heat record in Spain: 47.3ºC
14 Jul 2017

New record of highest temperature in Spain. The new brand is 47.3º C and corresponds to Montoro, a small town in the province of Cordoba. The record figure was reached on July 13, 2017, according to data provided by the local weather station and confirmed - in the absence of definitive validation - by the State Meteorological Agency (AEMET).

Climatologist Javier Martín Vide, a professor at the University of Barcelona, recalls that the Aemet so far had set the absolute maximum temperature of Spain at 47.2 ° C. A value reached in Murcia on July 4, 1994.

The State Meteorological Agency maintains for 14 and 15 July a special notice due to heat wave, which affects in particular areas of the interior of the Peninsula; Highlighting possible new maximum temperatures in the north of Andalusia.

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