Global warming –
Spain had its hottest November on record
Europe is warming twice as fast as the global average and Spain is on the front line despite the bad weather which has devastated the country.
Published today at 2:54 p.m.
November was also “very dry overall”, with precipitation levels 40% below normal.
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Spain has just experienced its “hottest” November on record with an average temperature of 12.4 degrees, 0.5 degrees higher than the last record dating from 1983, according to the national weather agency Aemet.
“The month of November was the hottest in the whole of peninsular Spain since records began” in 1961, the public agency announced on social networks, specifying that the temperature there had exceeded “by 2 .8 degrees” the average of this month over the period 1991-2020.
Very dry despite heavy rain
November also turned out to be “very dry overall”, with a level of precipitation 40% lower than normal “despite the heavy rains of the first days on the Mediterranean slope” in the wake of the bad weather which devastated late October the Valencia region, specifies Aemet.
Between October 29 and 30, downpours fell on the south-east of Spain, leading to tragic floods which left at least 230 dead. These torrential rains were followed by heavy rainy episodes in the region in November.
Front line in the face of the crisis
A European country on the front line of the climate crisis, Spain has been facing increasingly severe heat episodes for several years, which worry scientists, although the country is accustomed to high temperatures.
The country thus experienced in 2023 its second hottest year since records began, with an average temperature of 15.2°C, just behind the 15.5°C recorded in 2022, which had represented a record, according to the meteorological agency.
1.2°C warmer
Caused by greenhouse gas emissions and human activity, global warming has increased the intensity, duration and frequency of heatwaves.
The phenomenon is particularly visible in Europe, a continent that is warming twice as fast as the planet’s average and whose climate is already at least 1.2°C warmer than before the industrial era, according to the scientific community. .
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