Published on
08/07/2026 - 18:20 GMT+2
Barcelona registered a maximum temperature of 40.5C on Wednesday, its highest figure in 112 years of records, weather agencies said as another heatwave struck Spain.
The provisional reading at the Fabra Observatory on Barcelona's western outskirts broke the previous record of 40C set on July 30, 2024, regional weather monitor Meteocat said on X.
At Barcelona's El Prat airport, which is almost at sea level and sits next to the Mediterranean, the thermometer hit 37.7C, the highest reading in records going back to 1924, national weather agency AEMET said.
