What AEMET predicted two months ago was finally confirmed. 2022 was Spain’s hottest year on record, at the beginning of the 20th century. Government agency spokesman Rubén del Campo confirmed that there is no precedent for average temperatures as high as recorded this year.
This A ‘parade’ of heatwaves this summer, exceptionally warm autumn and lack of rain These are the pieces of a puzzle that make a clear picture: the hottest year on record.
In 2022, the average temperature in Spain will exceed 15 degrees for the first time. “There is no precedent for such an extremely hot year. in more than a century,” said Rubén del Campo.
Now we are talking about the year 2022: we can already confirm that it is by far the warmest year of the historical series in Spain. Its temperature will exceed the normal average by 1.6 ºC. It will exceed 15 ºC on average in a year for the first time. pic.twitter.com/9ssTW28ExF
— AEMET (@AEMET_Esp) 21 December 2022
Special, the average temperature anomaly will be 1.6 degrees, which will be “extreme”In the words of an AEMET spokesperson.
The usual thing, according to the government agency, is that there are records of five days of hot and five days of cold, but in 2022 there were 30 days of record hot days, which is six times more than theoretical.
Although the most reliable and robust data on temperatures in Spain are from 1961, AEMET has older historical data dating back to the early 20th century, supporting the exceptional situation experienced in 2022.
So far, the warmest years in Spain have been 2017 and 2020, but both have ‘only’ exceeded the average temperature by 1ºC, 2022 did this at 1.6ºC.
On the other hand, it was also one of the least rainy. Without unexpected surprises, 2022 will be one of the wettest years of this century. If we count the precipitation produced up to December 15, third driest calendar year The historic series only surpassed 2005 and 2017.
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