The weather station of the State Meteorological Agency (Aemet) located in Tasarte, a small neighborhood in Gran Canaria with just over five hundred inhabitants, recorded a maximum temperature of 42.6 degrees Celsius at 3:40 PM. This reading places the town in the top position for the day's highest temperatures in Spain.
This record surpasses the 41.6 degrees noted in Molina de Segura, Murcia, and the 41 degrees in Lomo Pedro Alfonso, within the Gran Canarian municipality of San Bartolomé de Tirajana. The southern, eastern, and western slopes of Gran Canaria are under a orange alert for high temperatures, reaching or nearing the 40-degree mark.
Other Canary Islands locations also recorded high temperatures. Maspalomas, in San Bartolomé de Tirajana, reached 39.8 degrees, and the Aemet station in Agüimes registered 38.9 degrees. On La Palma, Tijarafe recorded 38.3 degrees Celsius. The western and summit areas of La Palma, along with the south, east, and west of Gran Canaria, were under a orange alert for heat.
Nighttime temperatures were also high, exceeding 30 degrees in many parts of the archipelago, described by Aemet as 'infernal nights'. This episode of high temperatures is expected to continue on Wednesday, albeit with less intensity. The south, east, and west of Gran Canaria will remain under an orange alert, with maximums potentially reaching or exceeding 37 degrees. The west and summits of La Palma, La Gomera, El Hierro, and the south, east, and west of Tenerife, as well as the summits of Gran Canaria, will be under a yellow alert for maximums of 34-35 degrees.
