Overview

• AEMET says the August heatwave was Spain’s most intense on record, with a +4.6 °C anomaly over 16 days, surpassing 2022 and marking the warmest 1–20 August since at least 1961.
• Extremadura holds yellow alerts today with highs of 36–37 °C, while Andalucía faces a Saharan dust episode and up to 37 °C in Granada, Jaén and Córdoba under AEMET advisories from 13:00 to 21:00.
• Meteocat warns that Borrasca Erin will drive a marked temperature drop from Wednesday and trigger heavy rain and thunderstorms, with yellow and orange alerts across parts of Catalonia and potential bursts >20 mm in 30 minutes.
• Galicia’s weather shifts as the Azores high retreats west, opening the door to Atlantic fronts, cooler conditions and on‑off rain through the week, according to MeteoGalicia.
• AEMET notes recent weeks trended below normal nationally after August 18, reiterates health and wildfire risks from persistent heat, and highlights that four of the five warmest Augusts have occurred since 2022.