{"id":73221,"date":"2026-07-21T18:10:34","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T22:10:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/?p=73221"},"modified":"2026-07-21T18:10:34","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T22:10:34","slug":"spain-face-hottest-day-ever-recorded","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/?p=73221","title":{"rendered":"<h1>Spain face hottest day ever recorded<\/h1>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more--><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-21-at-6.10.06-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"418\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-73222\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-21-at-6.10.06-PM.png 696w, https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-21-at-6.10.06-PM-300x180.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-image-slot image-slot-placeholder\" data-is-first=\"true\" data-doc-id=\"cms\/api\/amp\/image\/AA28j9yu\">\n<div class=\"article-image-slot\">\n<div class=\"article-image-container polished\" data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;OpenModal&quot;,&quot;t&quot;:13,&quot;b&quot;:8,&quot;c.i&quot;:&quot;AA28iFgO&quot;,&quot;c.l&quot;:false,&quot;c.t&quot;:13,&quot;c.v&quot;:&quot;weather&quot;,&quot;c.c&quot;:&quot;extreme-weather-events&quot;,&quot;c.b&quot;:&quot;Daily Star&quot;,&quot;c.bi&quot;:&quot;AA1ul9HC&quot;,&quot;c.tv&quot;:&quot;weather&quot;,&quot;c.tc&quot;:&quot;extreme-weather-events&quot;,&quot;c.hl&quot;:&quot;Europe weather maps show 50C heatwave as tourists in Spain face hottest day ever&quot;}\" data-test-id=\"AA28j9yu\"><button class=\"article-image-height-wrapper expandable article-image-height-wrapper-new\" data-customhandled=\"true\" data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;OpenModalButton&quot;,&quot;a&quot;:&quot;click&quot;,&quot;b&quot;:8,&quot;c.i&quot;:&quot;AA28iFgO&quot;,&quot;c.l&quot;:false,&quot;c.t&quot;:13,&quot;c.v&quot;:&quot;weather&quot;,&quot;c.c&quot;:&quot;extreme-weather-events&quot;,&quot;c.b&quot;:&quot;Daily Star&quot;,&quot;c.bi&quot;:&quot;AA1ul9HC&quot;,&quot;c.tv&quot;:&quot;weather&quot;,&quot;c.tc&quot;:&quot;extreme-weather-events&quot;,&quot;c.hl&quot;:&quot;Europe weather maps show 50C heatwave as tourists in Spain face hottest day ever&quot;}\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"article-image article-image-ux-impr article-image-new expandable\" title=\"Europe is set to swelter\" src=\"https:\/\/img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net\/tenant\/amp\/entityid\/AA28j9yu.img?w=534&amp;h=355&amp;m=6\" alt=\"Europe is set to swelter\" \/><\/button><\/p>\n<h5 class=\"image-caption-container image-caption-container-ux-impr articlewc-image-caption-container\"><span class=\"image-caption\">Europe is set to swelter<\/span><span class=\"image-attribution image-attribution-ux-impr\">\u00a9\u00a0WXCHARTS<\/span><\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;blueLinks&quot;,&quot;t&quot;:13,&quot;a&quot;:&quot;click&quot;,&quot;b&quot;:76}\">Holiday hotspots beloved by Brits are set to be hit by 50 degree heatwaves. A complex\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailystar.co.uk\/news\/latest-news\/met-office-warn-brits-brace-37450551\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow noopener\" data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;destination&quot;,&quot;t&quot;:13,&quot;a&quot;:&quot;click&quot;,&quot;b&quot;:1,&quot;c.t&quot;:7}\">computer run global forecast system<\/a>\u00a0has officially predicted that on July 28 the 50 barrier could be hit in southern Portugal.<\/p>\n<p data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;blueLinks&quot;,&quot;t&quot;:13,&quot;a&quot;:&quot;click&quot;,&quot;b&quot;:76}\">This would break the continental record of 48.8C, set back in August 2021 near Syracuse in Sicily. The forecast, reported by the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/news\/uk-news\/weather-heatwave-spain-portugal-europe-37451862\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow noopener\" data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;destination&quot;,&quot;t&quot;:13,&quot;a&quot;:&quot;click&quot;,&quot;b&quot;:1,&quot;c.t&quot;:7}\">\u00a0Daily Mirror<\/a>, also predicts that Spain could see temperatures in the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailystar.co.uk\/news\/latest-news\/uk-heatwave-warning-met-office-37380606\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow noopener\" data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;destination&quot;,&quot;t&quot;:13,&quot;a&quot;:&quot;click&quot;,&quot;b&quot;:1,&quot;c.t&quot;:7}\">high forties<\/a>, as yet another massive heatwave swings across Europe this summer.<\/p>\n<p data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;blueLinks&quot;,&quot;t&quot;:13,&quot;a&quot;:&quot;click&quot;,&quot;b&quot;:76}\">World cup winning Spain is set to bake at around 48C, with coastal resort towns like Benidorm only a little bit cooler at 45C.<\/p>\n<p>____<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-gb\/weather\/extreme-weather-events\/europe-weather-maps-show-50c-heatwave-as-tourists-in-spain-face-hottest-day-ever\/ar-AA28iFgO?\">https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-gb\/weather\/extreme-weather-events\/europe-weather-maps-show-50c-heatwave-as-tourists-in-spain-face-hottest-day-ever\/ar-AA28iFgO?<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-73221","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73221","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=73221"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73221\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":73223,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73221\/revisions\/73223"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=73221"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=73221"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=73221"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}