As if that wasn’t enough, some areas of the country, notably the Canary Islands, will be under the influence of the Calima, a natural phenomenon that drags sand from the Sahara desert and reached Madrid itself last year.
According to the state weather agency, the very high temperatures on Monday, with a focus on the center and south of the country, are due to the approach of a Saharan air mass that will also affect the Balearic Islands.
In the last few hours, the thermometers in Andalusia have already exceeded 40 degrees and the early morning hours in the most important cities in Spain were unusually warm, over 26 degrees.
All this panorama exacerbates the situation around wildfires, which could spread the extreme proportions to almost the entire peninsula.
Andalusia and Castile-La Mancha are in the Orange level, with significant risk due to unusual temperatures and some level of danger to normal activities.
With the exception of the far north and much of the north-east coast, the rest of Spain will be affected by the second heatwave, which could last until next Thursday.
Areas of the Guadalquivir Valley such as Jaén and Córdoba could face red or extreme weather warnings, with temperatures hovering between 43 and 44 degrees on Monday and Tuesday. They are also raised in Teruel, in lower Aragon, and on the banks of the Ebro in Zaragoza.
Other places that will be hit hardest by the rise in thermometers are Huelva, Málaga and Cádiz, all in Andalusia; Albacete, Ciudad Real, Hellín and Segura in Castile-La Mancha.
Madrid, Catalonia and the Autonomous Community of Valencia are expecting record temperatures of between 36 and 39 degrees.
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