We are immersed in “extraordinary” episode of high temperatures. That same weekend, historical October records were broken again. On Friday, Cordoba airport recorded a temperature of 37.6 degrees Celsius, while Madrid’s Retiro station, which is celebrating its centenary, recorded 30.1 degrees Celsius. On Saturday, El Hierro airport recorded a temperature of 35.2 degrees, while La Coruña recorded 33.4 degrees. And on Sunday temperatures reached 38C in parts of the Canary Islands and Huelva.

This was explained this Monday by Ruben del Campo, spokesman for Aemet, who explained that from September 29 to October 8, every day was the warmest for this particular date since at least 1950. “We are talking about 10 days in a row with records. This is something unprecedented in our country, at least since the 70s of the 20th century,” said a representative of the press service.

“In a full year where the climate remains unchanged, five records for the warmest or coldest days are expected to be broken. But in 2023 we have already reached a total of 30 days with record temperatures. This means we multiplied the expected figure by six. And all the records were for warm days, there were no records for days with minimum temperatures,” Del Campo said.

This situation has left us these days a perfect summer look in different parts of Spain. In Galicia, if not to continue, this Sunday the temperature in large areas exceeded 30°C, causing numerous beaches to be crowded with swimmers.

How long will we have this temperature?

From Aemet they note that this episode of high temperatures (which was accompanied by almost no rain) This will last until at least Friday of this week. This means that in the coming days, temperatures in many parts of Spain will be 5-10 degrees above normal for these dates.

“Maybe this weekend, with the cooler Atlantic air arriving, temperature may drop sharply. Although this will happen more in the northern half of the country. Temperatures will continue to be above normal in the Mediterranean region and its southern half,” Del Campo said.

In the Canary Islands, we may have to wait until early next week to see thermometers drop, a spokesman said. The archipelago is currently experiencing an episode that It could even be classified as heat. according to Aemet. If confirmed, it would be the tenth heat wave recorded in the islands since records began in 1975.