As some parts of Spain experienced stormy weather over the weekend, the next threat, according to the State Meteorological Agency (Aemet), is the arrival of an episode of extreme heat from today, Monday, with temperatures of at least five degrees above the normal average expected on the Peninsula in most of the territory.
According to the report by Aemet, after the increase on Monday, temperatures of up to 33 degrees are expected from Tuesday, in parts of the mainland country. In the Canary Islands, it is expected that in the coming days clouds of evolution will grow throughout the day, without ruling out that they leave some rain.
The month of April 2023 is on track to become the driest in Spain since records began, making the drought risk affecting the country for months even worse. In the first 16 days of April, just 5 litres per square metre accumulated, which is “extraordinarily low”, according to Aemet.
This has been reported by Aemet spokesperson, Rubén del Campo, who sees the possibility that April ends up being “the driest in the historical series, since 1961”. Since then, the record has been held by the month of April 1995, when 23 litres per square metre were collected.
This figure registered in April represents “only” 15% of the monthly average, which is 63.5 litres per square metre.
The increase in temperature has caused drought and higher-than-usual temperatures have been recorded. The World Meteorological Organisation (WMO), one of the United Nations agencies, confirmed that the year 2022 was the fifth or sixth warmest on record. The average temperature recorded exceeded 1.15 degrees the average of the pre-industrial levels of 1850-1900.
According to the report on the state of the world’s climate, climate change continued to advance last year, so that “droughts, floods and heat waves affected communities on all continents, causing losses worth billions of dollars”.
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