European record wobbles! – Heat already in April: 40 degrees expected in Spain

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In Spain it should be as hot from Thursday as it usually is in June or July! The national weather service Aemet announced on Wednesday that the temperature in the south of the country can rise to 40 degrees Celsius. The weather experts stressed that this could become a pan-European heat record in April.

The heat wave started on Monday when 33.1 degrees was measured in the Andalusian city of Seville, on Tuesday the thermometer climbed to 34.3 degrees.

Already in March it was over 30 degrees in Spain
In the Guadalquivir valley near the city of Córdoba in the south of the country, the temperature even rose to 35.1 degrees on Tuesday. This week’s Spanish hotspot would also be in Seville or Córdoba. According to weather experts, it is also getting too hot for the time of year in other parts of the country. In Spain, temperatures of over 30 degrees were already measured in March.

Even 50 degrees in summer possible
According to Aemet spokesperson Rubén del Campo, heat waves in Spain are constantly increasing. This is due to climate change. The record was measured in August 2021 in Montoro in Andalusia at 47.4 degrees. Del Campo warned that the 50-degree mark would soon be reached.

Climate change hits Spain hard
In general, the climate in Spain, as in other parts of Europe, has been getting hotter and drier for years, which has been attributed to climate change. Heat and lack of rain hit parts of the continent hard last year. With peak temperatures sometimes exceeding 40 degrees, it was one of the warmest years in Spain since weather records began.

Forest fire danger, water shortage reaches a peak
Due to the lack of rain in parts of Spain in autumn and winter, the water shortage is getting worse. The reservoirs are currently on average just over 40 percent full. The average over the past ten years at this time of year was 58 percent. The risk of serious forest fires also remains high.

reservoirs only a quarter full
The situation in Andalusia and Catalonia is dramatic. The reservoirs there are only about a quarter full. In Catalonia in the northeast of the country with the metropolis of Barcelona, ​​water consumption in agriculture and industry is therefore already limited. In parks and gardens, only trees may be watered. If the rain stops, the head of the regional water board, Samuel Reyes, expects restrictions on private drinking water consumption from the autumn, he told the newspaper “El País”.

Source: Krone

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