We wake up after a night of temperature contrasts. It has been warm and tropical in many regions, and scorching in parts of the coast and elevated areas of the pre-coast. The scorching night has even been repeated in Portbou (Alt Empordà), where temperatures have not dropped below 31 ºC all night. This location recorded the warmest night since records began in our region, specifically the night of Tuesday to Wednesday, with a minimum of 31.9 ºC. Also noteworthy are the minimums of 28.8 ºC at the Fabra observatory and 28.6 ºC in the Raval neighborhood of Barcelona. In contrast, these figures differ greatly from the coolness experienced in some areas, such as the valleys of the Pyrenees, where temperatures have dropped below 10 ºC.

The Constitutional Court has admitted for processing an appeal from the Spanish government and has overturned the decision of the Balearic Government to repeal the law of democratic memory of the Balearic Islands, which was done last March with the votes of the PP and Vox. The repeal came after many back-and-forth discussions on this matter (it was among the one hundred and ten points of President Prohens' investiture agreement, which Vox made the PP pay for without forgiving a single one, and with interest) and after some scandal such as the one staged by the president of the Balearic Parliament, from Vox, who during a session in which democratic memory was precisely being debated, furiously tore up a photo of the Roges del Molinar, murdered by the Francoists in 1937. For the moment, the repeal remains provisionally without effect pending the TC's ruling on its more than probable unconstitutionality. This is important news, to which the entity Memòria de Mallorca, which works for the recognition of the victims of fascism on the island (where, contrary to what some still believe or want to believe, there was a true massacre of people executed in cold blood), reacted immediately, demanding that Prohens' executive apply the democratic memory law: for three years of the legislature, before repealing it, it has kept it in suspense and has avoided convening the commission responsible for its development. The TC's decision may also point the judicial path for the democratic memory laws of the Valencian Country and Aragon, also repealed by the PP-Vox binomial, following their denialist policies of Francoism's crimes.Vox has reacted to the news with its usual rhetoric of the communist dictatorship that Spain suffers and all that. More worrying is the PP's reaction: as Anna Mascaró explains in Ara Balears, sources from the parliamentary group of the Peperos say that they are fine with the repeal being suspended, because (as they said, they emphasize) they only voted in favor to have Vox's support to approve the budgets. To say this with so much carelessness and cynicism is truly frightening. Memory laws are among the most delicate and sensitive that a government can manage. They are also a touchstone of a government's democratic quality. To bargain with them with indifference and cold blood indicates that we are facing rulers of more than dubious democratic credibility, and they are not even aware of it.There are things that are better understood by comparison: if the French or German right were to agree not only to govern with the far-right (that alone is already unthinkable, because they practice the cordon sanitaire policy, which is naturally essential), but also to repeal memory laws to approve budgets, the scandal would be indescribable. By the way, to the wise people on duty who oblige us by scolding Mallorcans and Valencians for having PP and Vox governments: keep your paternalism, keep your arrogance, and stop making a fool of yourselves, please.

The heatwave's peak continues to shatter records. The most notable is what was reached at the Fabra observatory in Barcelona, where temperatures exceeded 40 ºC and the absolute heat record, which had been in place since July 2024 at this location, was broken. Specifically, 40.8 ºC were provisionally reached at the Fabra station of the Royal Academy of Sciences and Arts of Barcelona (RACAB), and 40.5 ºC were confirmed at the Meteocat station. This is a figure that stands out particularly because in the more than 113 years of records at this observatory, such figures have never been reached.

The week has started with suffocating weather, and in some places yesterday was the hottest day of the summer so far, with values similar to those recorded on June 22nd, when the first heatwave occurred. We've had two heavier nights of sleep, especially on the coast, pre-coast, and in the south, with many tropical and some torrid minimums, especially in coastal stretches and in the north of Alt Empordà. Yesterday the maximums already made a significant leap forward and were around 40 ºC in many inland areas, especially in the south and Ponent. Notable were the almost 42 ºC maximum in Vinebre (Ribera d’Ebre) or the 41 in Lleida, and even on the pre-coast of Barcelona they approached 40 ºC, with up to 39.2 ºC in Vallirana (Baix Llobregat). A situation of persistent extreme heat that facilitated the generation of simultaneous fires. The meteorological conditions have improved during the night and have helped to advance favorably in the extinction tasks, with a drop in temperature and less wind.

The meteorological chronicle has, for weeks, been a simple collection of heat, sun, and more heat, with practically no new developments or notable changes. This weekend has not broken this monotony, with heat that has been intensifying and will do so even more during this new week. On Sunday, temperatures already approached 40 ºC inland, and this night has been tropical in many places, and torrid in coastal stretches, highlighting the 28.5 ºC minimum in Portbou (Alt Empordà) due to the reheated tramuntana wind, or the 27.6 ºC in the Raval neighborhood of Barcelona. The temperature will continue its relentless rise, which has multiplied the alerts for intense heat in many regions by Meteocat. The alerts extend throughout the country, and are red - the maximum possible danger - especially on Wednesday. The second heatwave of the summer is here, and it will be long and suffocating, as it will last for almost the entire week.

The heat intensified on Saturday, after a few days of respite with more controlled heat. It is the prelude to a new heatwave that will start this Sunday and push the mercury up to 42 or 43 °C in Ponent and the Ebro basin, with fully sweltering heat that will also reach the rest of the country. It will not be as intense a heatwave as the one we suffered in June, but we will once again be well above the meteorological average for early July. All this with a sun that will prevent any possible cloudiness or showers and with a risk of fire that remains high.

We continue to be very attentive to the evolution of the serious fire in Baix Empordà, which has been burning uncontrollably since Friday morning. The wind will continue in the coming hours, first with tramuntana and then turning to marinada. Consult here the expected evolution of the meteorological conditions in the area. All this after a very warm Friday that left us many maximums of 32°C to 37°C, but even more so in the interior of the Ebro, with almost 39°C maximum in Benissanet (Ribera d'Ebre). A weekend is starting that will kick off the second heatwave of the summer. The mercury will soar especially from Sunday, when this episode will officially begin and will last until the middle of next week. In fact, Meteocat has already activated the first alerts on Sunday for this new heatwave, which will last at least until Wednesday.

The Meteorological Service of Catalonia (Meteocat) has issued a notice for the second heatwave of the short summer we've had starting Sunday and until at least Wednesday of next week. The subtropical anticyclone and the warm air mass from North Africa will once again fully affect southwestern Europe, which will send thermometers soaring and make the heat extreme again, with many highs from 30 to 40 ºC, higher in the hottest inland areas, mugginess and over 30 ºC on the coast and new sleepless nights in many regions. A situation that will affect more areas, especially in southwestern Europe.

The heat gives no respite and yesterday, despite the thermometer dropping in many regions, the fully sweltering atmosphere continued, with very marked mugginess on the coast. Only in areas of the Pyrenees, the northeast interior, and the central pre-coastal region did it cool down more thanks to afternoon showers and thunderstorms which, in some cases, were accompanied by hail or ice pellets. For example, the heavy downpour that yesterday left 70 l/m² in Santa Coloma de Farners (Selva) suddenly dropped the mercury from almost 36 ºC maximum to 18 ºC. In Camprodon (Ripollès) more than 45 l/m² accumulated.

The core of the warm air mass affecting us these days continues to move away towards Eastern Europe and its effects will begin to weaken from today due to the passage of a frontal tail. In fact, during Sunday afternoon and night, showers appeared, especially in Ponent and the Pyrenees, which brought little precipitation and strong gusts of wind. However, the thermometer still rose considerably this weekend and the heat peaks have been notable, with a maximum of up to 39.4 °C yesterday in the city of Lleida or 38.8 °C in Albesa, in La Noguera (at the end of this information you will find the highest maximums reached yesterday).

The mass of warm air that is affecting us these days is losing strength and will move away towards the center of Europe. However, the heat is still intense and, once again, we have registered values close to 38°C in some regions of Ponent and Empordà. For example, in Cabanes they reached 38.7°C yesterday and in Lleida, up to 38.6°C. During the rest of the weekend we will continue under the effects of the anticyclonic ridge and the incursion of very warm air and dust in suspension from North Africa. Next week the thermometers will drop, but the latest maps reduce the possibility of a forceful cooling.

Although the heatwave has technically ended and we haven't reached 40°C in Catalonia for two days, the fact is that the heat remains very intense everywhere. Yesterday there was a torrid peak in the northeast, where, as in Ponent, 38°C was reached, in Girona municipalities such as Cabanes, la Bisbal d'Empordà or the Darnius-Boadella reservoir. A suffocating atmosphere with marked humidity on the coast, which will continue throughout this last weekend of June, with values ​​still more than five degrees above the average in many cases. All this with sun, calm and afternoon showers only tomorrow in the Pyrenees.

Temperatures dropped yesterday inland, and for the first time this week, 40 ºC were no longer reached anywhere. Only 38ºC were exceeded in Ponent as the highest figures of the day. On the other hand, in parts of the coast and pre-coast, this decrease was not noticed. Technically, we have left the heatwave behind, but the heat remains intense and fully summery, with heavy mugginess on the coast and values clearly above usual for this time of year. In fact, tonight has been warmer than previous ones, with tropical lows in many places and scorching in some coastal spots, highlighting the 26.8 ºC minimum in Barcelona's Raval neighborhood.

The heat has been the protagonist this Saint John's Eve, one of the warmest since records began. The temperature again exceeded 40°C in Ponent yesterday for the umpteenth consecutive day, although it is already far from the 42 or 43°C recorded on Monday and Tuesday, when we experienced the peak of the heatwave. The temperature will begin to drop progressively from today, although in no case will we notice a significant cooling and we will remain with values above the climatic average. Of course: 40°C will no longer be reached anywhere for the first time this week, and the heatwave is officially declared over. The maps indicate that a more substantial cooling could arrive next week.

The heat has once again been very intense and torrid in recent hours, despite a slight decrease compared to the temperature peak on Monday, which reached up to 43 ºC as the most notable figure in Vilanova de Segrià. The third day of the heatwave once again pushed thermometers above 35 ºC in much of the interior, with over 40 ºC in Ponent and the Ebro interior. Notable figures include the 41.4 ºC reached in Alcarràs, 41.3 in Lleida, and 41.2 in Alfarràs (Segrià) as the highest readings on Tuesday. No records have been registered in Catalonia, but they have in France, as Monday afternoon, Monday night to Tuesday, and Tuesday have been the warmest in history since records began in the neighboring country, with numerous heat records and temperatures clearly above 40 ºC.

The heatwave has peaked in recent hours. Temperatures rose even further yesterday, with between 8 and 13 degrees above average in inland areas and the Pyrenees, and many maximums ranged between 35 and 40 ºC in the pre-coastal areas and inland. But these figures were surpassed in Ponent, as well as in parts of the Ebro and other inland areas. The extraordinary 43 ºC recorded in Vilanova de Segrià stand out, which is the highest temperature reached so far this year in Catalonia. The peak of tropical and torrid minimums was also experienced in many areas (you will find all the most notable data on the extreme heat of recent hours at the end of this information).

The heat has intensified in recent hours, coinciding with the start of astronomical summer on Sunday, the day when maximum temperatures already reached and exceeded 40°C for the first time this year in the regions of Ponent. Notably, 41°C were reached in the city of Lleida (Segrià) and in El Poal (Pla d'Urgell). And the night was torrid in some coastal areas and in elevated zones of the coast and pre-coast, with minimums that did not drop below 25°C. This situation will continue and worsen today, with even more intense heat and the possibility of exceeding 42°C in Ponent and the Ebro interior. A first heatwave of the year that peaks this Monday, with extraordinarily high values, and this situation will accompany us, at least, until Tuesday or Wednesday.