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The mercury rose to 29.5C in Valencia, 28.5C in Murcia in the southeast and 27.8C near Malaga in the south - temperatures usually seen in June rather than January.
Several Valencian towns saw temperatures that exceeded 29C, and even more reached 28C, in weather more typical of spring and summer than winter.
Spring temperatures in the middle of Spain's winter lured people to beaches and outdoor cafes on Thursday - but even those enjoying the unusually warm weather voiced concerns about climate change and the threat of new heatwaves. The meteorology service expected temperatures to reach 28 degrees Celsius (82 Fahrenheit) in the Mediterranean region of Murcia and 24-26C in most of Andalusia in southern Spain, with many other parts of the country climbing to 20C - up to 10C above normal levels for the time of the year in some places. Scientists have linked scorching temperatures and dry and w...
While many visited the beach as temperatures reached the mid-high 20s, other tourists expressed their concern for the unusually high temperatures.
Spain grappled with unusually warm temperatures for a winter month. Read more at straitstimes.com.