Overview

• Spain has recorded 2,405 heat-attributable deaths through Aug. 16, already exceeding the 2,012 reported for all of last summer, according to the MoMo monitoring system.
• AEMET reported extreme weekend temperatures, with readings above 40°C at 266 stations on Saturday, 56 above 42°C and five exceeding 44°C.
• Regional authorities confirmed two recent deaths linked to high temperatures: a 70-year-old man in Plasencia who fell ill while fishing and 77-year-old Manuel Ariza Serrano in La Rambla while walking.
• Mediterranean sea surface temperatures remain unusually warm, with anomalies of up to 3–4°C above the annual mean in areas such as the Gulf of Lion and the Girona coast, according to CEAM.
• Mexico's federal health ministry reported 57 heat-related deaths so far this heat season, including 20 in Sonora, highlighting concurrent impacts beyond Spain.