CORDOBA — Mainland Spain and Portugal have broken temperature records for April, as the Iberian neighbours swelter in an early-season heatwave that has exacerbated a long drought in some regions. Spain's southern city of Cordoba registered 38.8 Celsius at its airport on Thursday (April 27), beating the previous record of 38.6 C in the eastern city of Elche in 2011,...
A field of grass is seen cracked by the drought during scorching summer temperatures in spring in Ronda, Spain, on April 27, 2023.CORDOBA — Mainland Spain and Portugal have broken temperature records for April, as the Iberian neighbours swelter in an early-season heatwave that has exacerbated a long drought in some regions.
Spain's absolute April record remains the 40.2 C reached in 2013 on Gran Canaria in the Canary Islands.
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