The Catalan capital has seen record-breaking temperatures today, with the mercury surging beyond 40C amid Spain’s second heatwave of the summer.
On Wednesday afternoon the city of Barcelona broke its all-time heat record with a maximum temperature of 40.5C recorded at the Fabra Observatory’s weather station in the Catalan capital.
The city has temperature records dating back 112 years at the Fabra Observatory.
The previous record was set on 30 July 2024, when thermometers reached 40.0 C.
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As the heat map provided by the regional weather agency, Meteocat, shows below, the mercury soared beyond 40C in large areas of the region.
La temperatura màxima s’enfila avui per sobre dels 40 ºC a molts punts del país, fins i tot a punts propers de la costa. pic.twitter.com/rv0ADREwGW
— Meteocat (@meteocat) July 8, 2026
Across Catalonia records have tumbled, such as that for the highest minimum night-time temperature.
In the early hours of Wednesday morning, a minimum temperature of 31.9C was recorded at the Portbou-Coll dels Belitres weather station at 22.27pm — the warmest night on record.
This comes as Spain swelters in its second heatwave of the summer, with swathes of the country suffering plus-40C temperatures.
This has a human cost and follows news that Spain recorded more than 1,000 heat-related deaths in June alone with the most sweltering summer months still to come.
As such, on Wednesday there are swathes of Spanish municipalities in areas at “high risk” of heat-related health problems, with many more at “medium risk” and “low risk”.
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