On Thursday, April 27, Portugal recorded a record maximum April temperature for at least seventy-eight years, at 36.9 degrees Celsius, according to data published on Friday by the National Meteorological Institute.
In addition to the Mora weather station, located in the center of the country, it crossed five other regions in the center or south Previous record of 36 degrees. Ricardo Dios, a climatologist at the Portuguese Institute of the Seas and Atmosphere (IPMA), said that April 20, 1945 in Pinau (northeast).
Portugal and neighboring Spain are experiencing an exceptionally early heatwave this week, caused by a mass of hot, dry air coming in from North Africa.
Mainland Spain also recorded an absolute record temperature for the month of April on Thursday at 38.8°C in Cordoba (south), according to provisional data published by the Spanish Meteorological Agency.
According to scientists, recurrent heat waves are an unmistakable sign of global warming and these heat waves are expected to multiply, lengthen and intensify. According to the Meteorological Institute of Portugal, 10.2% of the continental territory has already been affected by drought. ” Intense “ At the end of March.
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