Spain experienced its hottest summer on record in 2025, with an average temperature of 24.2ºC, surpassing the previous high set in 2022, the national meteorological agency Aemet said Tuesday.
Spokesman Rubén del Campo told reporters that the new figure, the highest since records began in 1961, confirms a trend of increasingly hot summers in a country highly exposed to climate change.
June 2025 was the hottest month ever recorded in Spain, averaging 3.6ºC above normal. August equaled 2024 as the hottest on record, driven by an exceptional 16-day heatwave, while July was more moderate, according to Aemet.
The extreme conditions fueled one of the most devastating wildfire seasons in recent years, killing four people and destroying more than 350,000 hectares, particularly in the dry northwest. Del Campo noted that 33 of the 90 summer days were marked by heatwaves, recalling that the last summer without one dates back to 2014.
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