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- Spain recorded 1,029 excess deaths linked to the late-June heatwave, the highest June heat-related mortality since the MoMo system began in 2015.
- June was Spain’s second-hottest on record, with an average temperature 3.2 °C above the 1991-2020 normal and 165 new maximum- and 225 new minimum-temperature records set by AEMET.
- AEMET said June heatwaves have risen from two events (1975-2000) to ten (2000-2025), indicating earlier and more frequent extreme heat.
