Heatwave strikes Spain this week with temperatures of 43ºC
Tuesday, July 30, 2013 @ 4:23 PM
TEMPERATURES could rise to a sweltering 43ºC in the shade from tomorrow until the other side of the weekend as another heatwave is set to strike mainland Spain.
And night temperatures will be an average of 25ºC across the country, hot on the heels of Barcelona airport's 26.1ºC on Saturday, the 'highest low' since 1924.
No rain and only very light winds are expected throughout the country, and not even the usual damp and chilly north-west will see a drop until at least Thursday.
Even then, the rain will be little more than a drizzle, says the State meteorological agency, AEMET.
Inland Andalucía and Murcia will see the hottest temperatures, with at least 43ºC in the shade by midday in land-locked provinces such as Córdoba, Jaén and Sevilla.
And the mercury will rise to at least 40ºC in the Ebro valley, the south and south-east, both inland and in coastal areas.
Colder regions of Spain including Galicia, Asturias and the north-west of Castilla y León, which tend to see more of a 'British summer', will experience highs of at least 38ºC in the shade, AEMET warns.
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