Córdoba swelters in Spain's hottest-ever 'official' temperature: 46.9ºC in the shade
Saturday, July 15, 2017 @ 10:08 PM
THE highest temperature ever recorded in Spain's history was reached in inland Andalucía on Thursday, the State meteorological agency AEMET confirmed today.
Córdoba airport registered 46.9ºC in the shade, the hottest figure known out of direct sunlight.
Until now, the highest temperature ever recorded in Spain was on July 23, 1995 – also in Córdoba – at 46.6ºC.
Another weather station in the province, in the town of Montoro, is said to have shown the mercury soaring to 47.3ºC yesterday (Friday), but this has yet to be verified.
This would beat the record of July 4, 1994 from an 'unofficial' weather station in Murcia, which showed a figure of 47.2ºC.
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