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On Sunday, six Spanish locations reached temperatures above 45C.
The national weather agency AEMET placed much of the country on red or orange alert as temperatures soared across Andalucía and beyond.
The airport at Jerez de la Frontera in Cadiz recorded the highest temperature, with a reading of 45.8C.
El Granado, in Huelva, was close behind with 45.4C. Montoro and Tomares both in Sevilla registered 45.3C.
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La Rambla, also in Córdoba, and Morón de la Frontera in Sevilla, were not far behind with 45.2C.
The blistering conditions prompted AEMET to issue extraordinary red warnings for several inland provinces, stretching from Extremadura to Andalucía, while much of the rest of the peninsula was under orange alert.
Yellow warnings for summer storms and high temperatures were issued in coastal areas as well as the Balearics.
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Spain has experienced punishing heatwaves for many years, but the figures released on Sunday show how extreme the conditions have become.
The highs were only a fraction below Spain’s all-time record of 47.6C set in La Rambla, Córdoba, in August 2021—showing that once-exceptional extremes are now brushing dangerously close to normal summer weather.
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