The first 17 days of July were the hottest this century with an average air temperature of 25.7 degrees centigraderevealed this Tuesday the Portuguese Institute of the Sea and the Atmosphere (IPMA).
In a comparison with similar periods, the IPMA concluded that the period from July 1 to 17 this year was the hottest since 2000followed by the years 2013, 2003, 2020, 2016 and 2010.
The IPMA highlights the days 13 and 14, when the The 13th was the hottest of 2022 and the fifth hottest day of the last 23 years in mainland Portugal with a mean value of the maximum air temperature of 40 degrees centigrade.
In turn, the day July 14 was the second hottest day of 2022 is he seventh hottest since 2000 with a mean value of the maximum air temperature of 38.4 degrees Celsius.
Since the year 2000, the hottest days in mainland Portugal were August 04, 2018, August 2, 2003, August 03 and 05, 2018.
The IPMA also highlights that, between July 1 and 17 of this year, the highest value of the maximum air temperature47°C, occurred at the Pinhão station and constitutes a new extreme in continental Portugal for the month of July.
According to the IPMA, during that period there were exceeded previous highest values of maximum air temperature at 84 stations and in 28 stations the values of the maximum temperature of the registered air constitute absolute extremes for those stations.
The IPMA also states that previous highest minimum air temperature values were exceeded at 27 stations recorded in July 2022 and, at 13 stations, the minimum temperature values are absolute extremes.
Source: Observadora
