The State Meteorological Agency (AEMET) confirmed that the summer of 2024, covering the months of June, July and August, was the hottest in history in Spain since the beginning of the historical series in 1961. The average temperature recorded was 24.5°C.
This value represents an increase of 0.3°C compared to the previous summer, which until now held the record for hottest. Thus, AEMET validated what was already a widespread feeling among the population.
The agency officially reported this data on Wednesday, confirming through concrete measurements what many already perceived subjectively. Year after year, temperature records continue to be broken.
Climate change experts have been warning for decades that these patterns of increasing temperatures would become increasingly frequent, a prediction that has been consistently materializing.
