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Heat makes history in Spain as September records fall

Heat makes history in Spain as September records fall | iNFOnews.ca
A man looks out of a window in a housing block with air conditioning units on the outside in Madrid, Spain, Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2016. Spain is currently suffering from a September heatwave with temperatures expected to raise to around 40 degrees centigrade (104 degrees Fahrenheit) Tuesday. (AP Photo/Paul White)

MADRID – Spain’s weather agency says some places in the south of the country are smashing September heat records, with one site near Seville logging 45.4 degrees Celsius (113.7 Fahrenheit).

The agency said Tuesday that Cordoba airport also surpassed 45 degrees Celsius (113 Fahrenheit) this week, while 10 weather stations across the south measured temperatures above 44 degrees Celsius (111.2 Fahrenheit). More than two dozen weather stations registered record heat on Monday.

The agency said on its Twitter account that Monday was a “historic day of heat” for September.

Southern Spain is known for its high temperatures in summer, but September usually brings cooler days.

The weather agency forecasts lower temperatures from Wednesday.

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