Original title: Spain experienced the warmest January on record.
Spain's National Meteorological Service said on Feb. 7 that the country experienced its warmest January since records began in 1961: an average temperature of 84 degrees Celsius, 2 degrees Celsius higher than the average for the same period in previous years4 degrees Celsius, 0 degrees higher than the previous record set in 20164 degrees Celsius.
Agence France-Presse reported that in January, nearly 400 weather stations in Spain, or nearly half of the country's total number of weather stations, measured maximum temperatures of 20 degrees Celsius or more; In some places, the maximum temperature is even close to 30 degrees Celsius.
In the eastern Valencia region, the temperature rises to 295 degrees Celsius; The temperature in the southeastern region of Murcia reached 285 degrees Celsius; The temperature reached 27 in the area near Malaga in the south8 degrees Celsius, and such temperatures usually occur in June.
Unusually high temperatures lure people to beaches and outdoor cafes across Spain, messing up the ski season and exacerbating the prolonged drought in Catalonia in the northeast and Andalusia in the south.
"We are facing a very complicated situation," said Luis Planas, Spain's Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, in Madrid after the release of the January temperature report. Spaniards know very well that climate change has arrived. ”
*: CCTV news client.