Spain temperatures break May record‘EATING UP SPRING’: Temperatures are 10oC to 15oC above the seasonal average and a city northwest of Madrid experienced its first ‘tropical’ May night on FridayThe GuardianParts of Spain are experiencing their hottest May since records began, as a mass of hot, dry air blows in from Africa, bringing with it dusty skies and temperatures of more than 40°C. “In many places the temperature did not fall below 25°C, something practically unheard of in May.”A woman cools off in a fountain during a heat wave in Cordoba, Spain, on Saturday. The city of Segovia, northwest of Madrid, also experienced its first “tropical” May night on Friday as temperatures remained above 20°C. A recent Aemet study found that the arrival of 30°C temperatures across Spain and the Balearic islands had come an average of 20 to 40 days earlier over the past 71 years. However, it said there was no indication this year that the unusually hot spring presaged a record-breaking hot summer.

Source: Taipei Times May 22, 2022 16:35 UTC