According to the latest report from the Spanish meteorological association, Aemet, the national average value of accumulated rainfall from the beginning of the hydrological year (October 1, 2022) until July 4, 2023 is estimated at 476 l/m 2, which represents around 14% less than the normal value corresponding to said period (556 l/m 2).
The accumulated amounts are below their normal values ​​in a large part of the Peninsula and the Canary Islands, highlighting the northeast and southwest quadrants of the peninsula, more isolated areas of the Cantabrian coast and in most of the Canary Islands where 75% of the normal value is not reached.
According to the Copernicus European Drought Observatory, 45.9% of the European territory is in drought risk conditions, while 6.9% reaches alert levels. Most of the areas included in this notice are located in the Iberian Peninsula and the eastern quadrant of the continent.
Last week, the hottest temperatures ever recorded on the planet were registered, and once again this week much of Spain is in a heatwave situation, making the drought conditions worse than they already were.
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