Unusually hot weather soars again this weekend
38°C could be reached in Ponent, and the heat will continue next week.
BarcelonaThe heat remains mild, but unusually summery, with more muggy conditions and low clouds along the coast. And beware, because temperatures will soar again this weekend, especially today, when they could reach 38°C in the West and 35°C in other inland areas. We'll also experience extreme heat in Mallorca, where temperatures could reach 37 or 38°C. All this brings with it the risk of showers and thunderstorms next night in the west—especially in the Pyrenees and western Pre-Pyrenees—and variability both today and tomorrow, but with little rain in sight. The heat will continue and may even intensify next week (you'll find the full heat report at the end of this article).
Saturday: new heat peak
Temperatures will soar again this Saturday. Many highs of 30 to 35°C are expected on the pre-coastal and inland areas, and even in some coastal areas, temperatures will hover around 30°C. The mercury will rise the most in the West, where it could reach 38°C again. And pay attention to the island of Mallorca, because there will also be a scorching peak of up to 37 or 38°C. Extreme heat, then, worthy of the worst days of the summer heat wave, which is obviously completely out of place considering we're only in mid-June, a week away from the official arrival of astronomical summer.
Furthermore, suspended dust from the Sahara will persist, and early in the morning there will be some fog at both ends of the coast. Calm will prevail for much of the day, with only a few clouds occasionally clouded by thin clouds and dust. In the morning, some low clouds or fog will reappear along sections of the coast. And starting in the afternoon, but especially in the evening and into the night, dark clouds will arrive from the west, leaving showers and thunderstorms from Aragon well into the night. They will mainly affect the northern Ponent region and the southern face of the Pyrenees and the Lleida Pre-Pyrenees, and will be locally heavy, with some hail or hailstorms not being ruled out. Showers or mud showers are not ruled out in the rest of the western half and the Pyrenees, especially at night. In the evening, a line of showers and thunderstorms will arrive from the west and the Alt Pirineu, with hail and even hailstorms locally possible. During the early hours, they could reach the coast itself.
Sunday: very hot
Low clouds are expected along the coast early in the day, with a somewhat cloudy sky in the northern third, where there will be some light showers in parts of the Pyrenees and western Pre-Pyrenees. By mid-morning, the weather will finally clear up, with generally clear skies.
Temperatures will drop slightly, especially in the north of the country. However, this will be a subtle drop, as it will continue to be very hot, with highs of 31 to 36°C in much of the inland and pre-coastal areas, and somewhat higher in the West. We will experience a stifling midsummer atmosphere with tropical nights and marked muggy conditions on the coast. Minimum temperatures, in many parts of the coast, will not drop below 23°C. Sunshine will combine with bands of high, thin clouds, and in the afternoon, dark clouds will again grow in the Pyrenees and Pre-Pyrenees, bringing some local showers, especially in the western part.
More heat next week
Far from ending, the heat will continue into next week, even reaching a new scorching peak between Tuesday and Wednesday. Unbridled heat in an extraordinarily hot June. It looks like we'll be heading into the Sant Joan long weekend with relatively calm weather and above-average temperatures, although they could drop slightly.
Heat Report
On Thursday, temperatures were already dropping, and despite the intense heat, they did not reach the extremes of recent days. This situation remained unchanged on Friday. During these two days, most highs ranged between 27 and 33°C, and only 35°C was reached or exceeded inland in the Ebro, in Ponent, and inland in the Alt Empordà. The mercury rose the most in the Segrià, with up to 36.5°C in the city of Lleida.
Temperatures peaked on Wednesday in many regions, especially on the coast and in the pre-coastline around Barcelona and Central Catalonia, where temperatures reached 37 or 38°C locally. Even in the city of Barcelona itself, temperatures exceeded 33°C. However, the arrival of dark clouds prevented temperatures from rising as high as they did on Tuesday in the West, where temperatures barely reached 35 or 36 °C, far from the more than 38 °C. The exception was Artesa de Segre (Noguera), where there was a brief, scorching peak of up to 38.4 °C, which turned out to be the highest maximum in the entire state. Tuesday and Wednesday were the hottest days of the year. These are the most notable maximum values from a stifling Wednesday:
- 38.4 °C, Artesa de Segre
- 38 °C, Artes
- 37.7 °C, the Canoso
- 37.5 °C, Caldes de Montbui
- 37.4 °C, Oliana
- 37.4 °C, Castellbisbal
- 37.4 °C, Oliola
- 37.3 °C, Baldomar
- 37.2 °C, Tárrega
- 37.2 °C, Parets del Vallès
- 37 °C, Vallirana
- 36.9 °C, Massoteras
- 36.6 °C, La Pobla de Segur
- 36.2 °C, Sabadell
Also noteworthy are the tropical lows, which have lost ground after being repeated on Tuesday and Wednesday in several locations, including inland, especially in high elevations. However, the coast is where the most lows above 20°C have been recorded. Particularly noteworthy is the Raval neighborhood of Barcelona, where the low was 23.5°C on Thursday, but close to 24°C on Tuesday. The Fabra Observatory also did not drop below 22.8°C on Thursday night, and Montserrat Mountain reached 21.4°C, while at lower altitudes it was cooler. Cities such as Lleida and Girona experienced their first tropical night early Tuesday morning, but both Wednesday and Thursday saw cooler temperatures at night.