A historic heatwave hit the Iberian Peninsula last weekend, with temperatures exceeding 32 degrees Celsius, according to the Spanish meteorological agency. In a post on X platform, the agency stated, "On October 1, 2023, a historical temperature record was broken across the entire Iberian Peninsula for the first day of the tenth month of the year." The highest temperature recorded on Sunday was 38.2 degrees Celsius in the town of Montoro near Córdoba (south), breaking the previous October record set in Marbella in 2014, which was 37.5 degrees Celsius, according to the agency.
It added that "these temperatures broke three records (set on September 29, 30, and October 1)." The agency warned that "what is even stranger is that this heat, which is unusual for this time of year, will continue: we can expect new record figures over the next ten days." The meteorological agencies of Spain and Portugal announced that the Iberian Peninsula entered autumn on Friday with high temperatures for the season, sometimes exceeding 35 degrees Celsius. The Portuguese meteorological agency explained that although these temperatures cannot be compared to heatwaves that hit the country during the summer months, "the expected figures correspond to anomalies ranging from five to eight degrees Celsius above the usual levels for this season."
