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According to the State Meteorological Agency (Aemet), 2024 was Spain’s third-hottest since 1961, when records began. The agency also predicts another hot summer.
Aemet’s climate report for the year published on Friday shows that only 2022 or 2023 were better than last year.
The country has 31 records for hot days, but no records for cold days.
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It was the 26th wettest year on record.
Ruben Del Campo, Aemet’s spokesperson, says that the drought of long duration has also eased.
He said, “It’s been a very warm year.”
“The summer was confined to July and August this year, as opposed to previous years when June and September were cooler.” Between 1961 to 2024, average annual temperatures have gone up by nearly 1.7C, described by del Campo as a ‘very marked difference’.
The average annual temperature in 2024 was 15.1ºC across the country, 1.1ºC higher than the 1991 to 2020 average.
Aemet predicts that despite the current weather dip, the situation will improve by the weekend. Some areas are expected to reach 40C in the next few months.
Ruben del Campo said: Next week, the summer is expected start.
“There is already a change in atmospheric patterns, and it seems that high pressures are going to settle, which guarantees stable and warm weather.”
Maximum temperatures will be above 30C in several areas, reaching up to 35C in some parts of the south-west of the country.
This will continue for the remainder of May and into early June.
Del Campo has stated that 2025, based upon records up until April, is shaping up as the eighth wettest, and sixth warmest, year since 1961.
“Although the month of March was extremely cold, it was warm in April and for the first two.
“In May temperatures were below normal in the first half of the month, but now they are expected to rise.”
