On Wednesday afternoon the city of Barcelona broke its all-time heat record with a maximum temperature of 40.5C recorded at the Fabra Observatory\u2019s \u00a0weather station in the Catalan capital.<\/p>\n
The city has temperature records dating back 112 years at the Fabra Observatory.<\/p>\n
The previous record was set on 30 July 2024, when the thermometer reached 40C.<\/p>\n
READ ALSO: What Spain’s different heat alerts mean and how to act in each case<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n As the heat map provided by the regional weather agency, Meteocat, shows below, the mercury soared beyond 40C in large areas of the region.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n La temperatura m\u00e0xima s’enfila avui per sobre dels 40 \u00baC a molts punts del pa\u00eds, fins i tot a punts propers de la costa. pic.twitter.com\/rv0ADREwGW<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Meteocat (@meteocat) July 8, 2026<\/a>
\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Across Catalonia records have tumbled in recent hours, such as that for the highest minimum night-time temperature.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n In the early hours of Wednesday morning, a minimum temperature of 31.9C was recorded at the Portbou-Coll dels Belitres weather station at 22.27pm \u2014 the warmest night on record.<\/span><\/p>\n It comes as Spain swelters in its second heatwave of the summer, with swathes of the country suffering plus-40C temperatures.<\/p>\n The extreme heat has a human cost and follows news that Spain recorded more than 1,000 heat-related deaths in June alone<\/a> with the traditionally hotter weeks of the summer still to come.<\/p>\n As such, on Wednesday Spain’s Ministry of Health placed many areas in the country at “high risk” of heat-related health problems, with many more at “medium risk” and “low risk”.<\/p>\n The parts of Spain on high risk for health problems due to the heatwave. Image: Ministry of Health<\/p>\n![\"Spain](\"https:\/\/apiwp.thelocal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-08-at-10.54.24.jpg\")
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