Barcelona records hottest June in more than 100 years as blistering heat wave grips Europe

The Associated Press

· Posted: Jul 01, 2025 7:39 AM EDT | Last Updated: 2 hours ago

Barcelona recorded its hottest period of June since records started much than a period ago, Spain's nationalist upwind work said connected Tuesday arsenic Europe remained successful the grip of the archetypal large vigor question this summer.

The Fabra Observatory reported an mean somesthesia of 26 C, breaking records since 1914. The erstwhile hottest mean for June was 25.6 C successful 2003.

The aforesaid upwind presumption said that a single-day precocious of 37.9 C for June was recorded connected Monday.

Health warnings were successful effect Tuesday successful respective European countries. Punishing temperatures were forecast to scope 40 C in Paris and to enactment unusually precocious successful Belgium and the Netherlands.

Barcelona is usually spared the worst vigor successful Spain, acknowledgment to its determination betwixt hills and the Mediterranean successful Spain's northeastern corner. But astir of the state has been gripped by the archetypal vigor question of the year.

Spain saw a caller precocious people for June established connected Saturday erstwhile 46 C was recorded successful the confederate state of Huelva, portion Sunday's nationalist mean of 28 C acceptable a grounds for a precocious somesthesia for June 29 since records were started successful 1950.

"We are seeing these temperatures due to the fact that we are experiencing a precise aggravated vigor question that has travel aboriginal successful the summertime and that is intelligibly linked to planetary warming," Ramón Pascual, the determination delegate for Spain's upwind work successful Barcelona, told The Associated Press connected Tuesday.

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Meanwhile, firefighters crossed Turkey tried to incorporate wildfires for a 3rd consecutive time connected Tuesday. The fires person damaged dozens of homes and forced the evacuation of immoderate 50,000 residents.

The crews were nearing containment of 2 large fires successful the Aegean state of İzmir and different successful neighbouring Manisa, Forestry Minister İbrahim Yumaklı said. They were, however, struggling with a large, wind-driven occurrence inactive sweeping done the confederate state of Hatay.

In France, the nationalist upwind bureau Météo-France placed respective departments nether the highest reddish alert, with the Paris portion peculiarly hard hit. 

The vigor wave, defined arsenic consecutive days of precise precocious temperature, is expected to intensify Tuesday with much than 1,300 schools acceptable to beryllium partially oregon afloat closed, the Education Ministry said.

Visitors to the Eiffel Tower without tickets were told to postpone their visits arsenic the acme of the city's landmark was closed until Thursday. 

Météo-France besides warned of the heightened hazard of wildfires owed to the drought-stricken soil, compounded by a deficiency of rainfall successful June and the caller surge successful temperature.

Climate experts pass that aboriginal summers are apt to beryllium hotter than immoderate recorded to date.

By 2100, France could beryllium up to 4 C warmer, with temperatures exceeding 40 C expected each twelvemonth and utmost vigor spikes perchance reaching 50 C. According to Météo-France, the state whitethorn look a tenfold summation successful the fig of vigor question days by 2100.

Farther south, 17 of Italy's 27 large cities were experiencing a vigor wave, according to the Health Ministry. 

There were torrential rains successful Italy's northbound connected Monday and parts of Bardonecchia adjacent Turin were covered successful sludge aft the Frejus River burst its banks. Near Bologna, 1 of the cities nether a vigor alert Tuesday, the 46-year-old proprietor of a operation institution collapsed and died portion repaving a schoolhouse parking lot, state-run RAI reported.

An autopsy was being conducted to find the cause, but vigor was suspected. The CGIL labour national said the decease of the man, whom it identified arsenic Ait El Hajjam Brahim, proprietor of Veneto Pavimenti SAS, showed the request for improved measures to support operation workers from vigor exposure.

An yearly lawsuit successful Amsterdam to commemorate the extremity of slavery successful erstwhile Dutch colonies was moved guardant to debar the hottest portion of the time and successful the bluish metropolis of Groningen, organizers of an outdoor performance featuring seasoned rocker Neil Young besides took measures, including adding other drinking h2o taps and providing escaped sunblock.

The nationalist upwind institute issued an alert for utmost temperatures and smog successful parts of the state and warned the eastbound Netherlands that terrible thunderstorms could interruption retired connected Wednesday arsenic the blistery upwind ends.

In Portugal, Lisbon was forecast to scope 33 C, emblematic for this clip of the year, though immoderate inland areas could inactive spot peaks of 43 C, according to the nationalist upwind agency. June somesthesia records were breached successful 2 locations successful Portugal connected June 29.