Extreme Heat Linked To Over 1,000 Deaths In Spain In June
MADRID, July 1 (Bernama-Xinhua) -- Spain's Daily Mortality Monitoring System (MoMo), coordinated by the National Epidemiology Centre of the Carlos III Health Institute, estimated that 1,029 deaths were attributable to high temperatures in June, the second-hottest June in the country's history, reported Xinhua.
The figure includes people who died directly from heatstroke as well as those whose existing health conditions were exacerbated to a fatal degree.
According to a DatosRTVE calculation based on provisional data compiled by the Spanish State Meteorological Agency (AEMET), the average 24-hour temperature in peninsular Spain in June was 24.9 degrees Celsius, the second highest since records began in 1961, surpassed only by June 2025, when the average reached 25.2 degrees Celsius.
June 2026 also saw the hottest June day in Spain's history. On June 23, the average 24-hour temperature across Spain reached 29.6 degrees Celsius, while the average maximum temperature in peninsular Spain was 38.2 degrees Celsius, matching the record set in 2025.
From June 20 to 24, AEMET weather stations recorded 316 provisional local temperature records, including 148 for maximum temperatures and 168 for highest minimum temperatures.
On June 23, 35.7 million people -- around 73 per cent of Spain's population -- were exposed to some level of health risk from high temperatures, according to a DatosRTVE calculation based on the Health Ministry's Meteosalud alerts and population data from the National Statistics Institute.
--BERNAMA-XINHUA
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