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Spain Records 1,028 Heat-Related Deaths in June 2026, More Than Double 2025 Total
Spain recorded 1,028 excess deaths linked to high temperatures in June 2026, more than double the 407 deaths from the same month in 2025. The heatwave from 22 to 24 June produced the two hottest June days on record.
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Spain has attributed 1,028 excess deaths to a heatwave that struck the country in June 2026. The figure is more than double the 407 heat-related deaths recorded in June 2025. The Ministry of Health's daily mortality monitoring system provisionally estimated nearly 900 deaths linked to high temperatures, with more than 600 occurring during the heatwave week of 22–24 June.
Updated figures placed the total above 1,000. The State Meteorological Agency recorded an average temperature of 23.2 °C across mainland Spain in June 2026. That marked 3.2 °C above the 1991–2020 average and made the month the second-hottest June since systematic measurements began.
Officials classified the episode as extraordinary due to its intensity, duration, and geographic reach. Data show only two June heatwaves occurred in Spain between 1975 and 2000, compared with ten between 2000 and 2025.
Scientists stated that an event of this scale would have been virtually impossible without climate change driven by greenhouse gas emissions.
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