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MADRID, Sept 11 (Reuters) – Sea temperatures around Spain reached record highs this summer, with multiple monitoring stations \u200cin the Mediterranean and off Spain’s Atlantic coast registering \u200ctheir highest readings, the state port authority Puertos del Estado said on \u200bFriday.<\/p>\n
Last month, scientists said that human-caused climate change was the main driver of recent record-breaking sea temperatures around Europe, warning of severe consequences for marine ecosystems and coastal communities.<\/p>\n
\u2022 The Dragonera buoy \u200cin the Balearic Islands \u2060recorded a water temperature of 33.02 degrees Celsius (91.44 degrees Fahrenheit) on August 5, the highest \u2060value ever registered in the port authority’s buoy network.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Almost all buoys in the Levante-Balear basin of the Mediterranean set local \u200btemperature records \u200bduring the summer, the authority \u200bsaid.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Coastal buoys off \u200cTarragona and Barcelona in northeastern Spain registered 30.7 C and 30.5 C, respectively, on August 9.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Record temperatures were also registered at several Bay of Biscay buoys in Spain’s northern regions. On June 23, the buoy near the northern town of \u200cPasaia recorded 28.4 C. Another buoy, \u200bequipped with a temperature sensor since \u200b2006, registered a record \u200b25.27 C on August 12.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Spain has also \u200cexperienced extreme heat on land this \u200byear, recording \u200b61 days under heatwave conditions across the mainland and Balearic Islands in 2026, the highest number on record and \u200babove the previous \u200cpeak of 41 days in 2022, according to \u200bthe weather service AEMET.<\/p>\n
(Reporting by Emma Pinedo; Editing by \u200bAndrei Khalip and Alison Williams)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n