As Hurricane Beryl lashes through Texas and the extreme heat covers much of the southern and western United States, the world is bracing for another week of wild weather as a result of man-made climate change.
That heat is part of a global trend of rising temperaturesjune was the 13th consecutive month to break a monthly heat record, according to the European climate service Copernicus. That streak may soon be over, but not the chaos that comes with a warmer planet, scientists say.
July began with dynamic weather, with extended periods of severe weather across much of Europe, shortly after the first significant heat wave of the 2024 summer season in late June. The overall pattern is now shifting to a more stable one, resulting in a longer-lasting heat wave in a part of the European continent, including Spain.
Weather maps turn dark red for most of Spain and the third week of July, with the scorching mercury affecting millions of tourists who have Spain as their vacation destination.
WXCharts temperature map / DI
In the last few weeks, Europe has experienced unusually high temperatureswhich has led to forest fires and several deaths. WXCharts maps show that areas of Seville and Malaga are very likely to reach 46 °C next week, while other areas such as Madrid and Badajoz will record 40 °C.
Cadiz, Cordoba, Huelva, Jaen, Seville and Badajoz are facing extreme heat alerts issued by Spain’s State Meteorological Agency, with some regions experiencing maximum temperatures of between 30 and 40 degrees.
Aemet forecast
For this Wednesday temperatures will exceed 36 degrees in large areas of the southern third and northeastern depressions and may even reach 38 in points of the Guadalquivir and Segura.
Not only will the maximums rise, the minimums will also rise in the thermometers, will increase in the southern third and in the Canary Islands, without notable movements in the rest of Spain.
In other words the “tropical nights” above 20ºC are arriving and for Thursday the weather situation will continue in the same line except for the appearance of an Atlantic front that will affect the extreme north of the peninsula and will leave water in Galicia, Cantabrian and Upper Ebro, as well as storms in the north of the Pyrenees and the Iberian System.