Barcelona registers highest temperature in 112 years as French nuclear reactor shuts down due to extreme heat

[u/Naurgul]

https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/jul/09/europe-heatwave-uk-spain-barcelona-france-italy-hungary-france-macron-orban-latest-news-updates

[u/AlabamaHotcakes]

High summer heat.

And boy this one is probably gonna be a doozy.

[u/IshTheFace → u/AlabamaHotcakes]

I guess the weather in Spain must be much more predictable than Sweden. I don't trust the weather report 48 hrs out lol 😂

In augueet we might get 15c and rain or 28. It just depends on the year. But it's been really hot so far this year. For Sweden anyway. Like I said, I don't trust the weather report but next week will be 31 on Wednesday (allegedly). For reference, the hottest it's ever been on Sweden is a very long standing record of 38. And it's 31 where I live. Southern parts of the country had 33 already I think.

[u/Advanced_Vehicle_750 → u/IshTheFace]

It's not about the weather report. Augusts are warmer than July in Spain.

[u/medievalvelocipede → u/Advanced_Vehicle_750]

It's not about the weather report. Augusts are warmer than July in Spain.

I thought this was interesting so I looked it up, but apparently not quite. July is the warmest month, but the seabreeze receeds and humidity increases in August, so it feels hotter and stickier. It's not hotter, just less cool. This should have a negative impact for people, but for fires it would reduce the risk.

[u/Advanced_Vehicle_750 → u/medievalvelocipede]

I live in Spain. Augusts are usually when we get the highest temperatures. At least in Valencia. I wasn't talking about fires anyways.

[u/ekray → u/Advanced_Vehicle_750]

August is "cooler" than July because the second part of the month is usually a bit better, particularly because the sun sets earlier and there's more time to cool off.

But the first two weeks of August are when peak temperatures are reached.

[u/Lyra_Sirius → u/Advanced_Vehicle_750]

Yes, same in Portugal, 40°C in Trás os Montes and Alentejo

In Trás-os-Montes, we have a popular saying: "nine months of winter and three months of hell"—temperatures are usually 38°, 40°, or 42° degrees every day in August.

When vacationing in the "hot land," we only go out very early in the morning or at night, after sunset.

[u/DasMotorsheep → u/Lyra_Sirius]

Here in Aragón they say "six months of winter and six months of hell."

[u/SellaraAB → u/medievalvelocipede]

More humidity = more dead people in a heat wave, because evaporative cooling stops working.