This weekend is shaping up to be the hottest of the summer in Spain, coinciding with a new heat wave that will bring thermometers to at least 40 degrees in several provincial capitals. The heat will intensify in the north of the peninsula, where some areas could reach temperatures of up to 43 degrees. Highs will be well above average and are expected tropical lows that in some places they have reached the last night 27.5 degrees.
Red alert in Cantabria and the Basque Country
The State Meteorological Agency (Aemet) has issued warnings for very high maximum temperatures, and Red level warning for maximum temperatures between 12 and 21 hours on Sunday, August 11 for areas of Cantabria and the Basque provinces of Vizcaya and Guipúzcoawhere maximum temperatures can reach 40 degrees, especially in the valley bottoms.
He Saturdaythe communities on orange alert will be Andalusia, Aragon, Castile and Leon, Castile-La Mancha, Catalonia, Community of Madrid, Extremadura, Galicia, La Rioja and Navarre. He Sunday, Cantabria and the Basque Country will be on red alertwhile Extremadura and Galicia will leave the orange alert, while the others will remain in place. According to the Aemet forecast collected by Servimedia, the capitals that could register higher temperatures could be Badajoz and Toledo (41 degrees) on Friday; Badajoz and Córdoba (42 degrees) on Saturday, and Bilbao (43 degrees) on Sunday.
The Aemet highlights on its social networks that we have had temperatures above normal for this time of year for more than two weeks in much of the peninsula, and that this weekend will probably see the warmest days of the current summer. During this weekend, thermometers will mark at least 40 degrees in 16 provincial capitals, specifically Badajoz, Bilbao, Caceres, Ciudad Real, Cordoba, Granada, Jaen, Lleida, Logrono, Ourense, Pamplona, Toledo, Valladolid, Vitoria, Zamora and Zaragoza.
The weather this Friday
This Friday, thermometers will exceed 35 degrees in many areas of the interior of the peninsula and the Balearic Islands, with temperatures that could reach 40 degrees in areas of the Southern Meseta, Andalusia and the depressions of the northeast. orange level warnings in the upper and middle valley of the Guadalquivir, valleys of the Guadiana and the Tajo in Castilla-La Mancha, Extremadura and Madrid, metropolitan area of Madrid, Alcarrias of Guadalajara and Cuenca, Serranía de Cuenca, plateaus of Zamora and Valladolid, Ribera del Ebro in Zaragoza, south of Huesca, Central Depression and the Pyrenees of Lleida. There will be 41 degrees in Badajoz and Toledo; 40 in Cáceres, Ciudad Real, Córdoba and Zamora, and 39 in Granada, Guadalajara, Jaén, Lleida, Madrid, Palencia, Valladolid and Vitoria.
It will be even hotter on Saturday, where?
Saturday will be the peak of the heat wave, with temperatures exceeding 40 degrees in general in the valleys of the Ebro, Guadalquivir, Guadiana and Tajo, and between 38 and 39 degrees in the valleys of the Duero and Miño, as well as in the centre of the peninsula, the west of the Meseta Sur and the Genil basin. Temperatures of 42 degrees are expected in Badajoz and Córdoba; 41 in Ciudad Real, Toledo, Zamora and Zaragoza, and 40 in Cáceres, Granada, Lleida, Logrono, Ourense, Pamplona and Valladolid..
On that day, a weakly marked Atlantic trough will appear west of the Peninsula and will cause a progressive change, with partly cloudy or clear skies in almost the entire territory, but there will be an increase in cloudiness in the Cantabrian area, northern Galicia, upper and lower Ebro, Melilla and the Strait, with the possibility of some drizzle. In large inland areas of the northern half and eastern third of the Peninsula, there may be Isolated dry storms and scattered showers that, in the mountains of Galicia and especially in the surroundings of the Pyrenees and the Cantabrian Mountains, could be locally strong.
Possible record warm day on Sunday
On Sunday, the heat will intensify in the Cantabrian area due to southerly winds and the presence of very warm temperatures in the northern plateau and the Ebro valley. Galicia could experience a slight relief thanks to the entry of a mass of cooler air. However, temperatures will remain very high in much of the country, with possible heat records for the date. The hottest capitals could be Bilbao (43 degrees), Logrono (42); Cordoba, Jaen, Toledo and Zaragoza (41), and Ciudad Real, Granada, Lleida, Pamplona, Vitoria and Zamora (40).
The Aemet warns that a new record for a warm day is likely to be recorded on Sunday. “This means that it would be the 11th of August warmest in Spain since at least 1950. It would be the 26th record for a warm day in 2024. What would be expected in a full year in an unchanged climate would be five records.”
What day will the heat wave end in Spain?
Starting on Monday, a progressive drop in temperatures is expected, which will begin in the west of the peninsula and will be more noticeable in the northwest.Meteored reports. However, in inland areas of the southern half, the northeast, and in the archipelagos, temperatures will continue to exceed 35 ºC, with peaks of up to 40 ºC in the Ebro Valley. This cooling will be associated with the arrival of a front that will impact Galicia, increasing cloudiness and causing rain towards the end of the day in that region.