Hottest Ever April Recorded in Spain, Portugal as Heat Wave Hit Europe
- Last April was the fourth-hottest globally, Copernicus says
- Extreme heat came amid widespread drought in Iberian Peninsula
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Spain and Portugal recorded their hottest April on record as a mass of hot air brought temperatures above 30C and close to 40C in some areas at the end of the month.
Last month was the fourth-hottest month of April on record globally for the 1991 to 2020 period, according to a report by the European Union’s Earth observation agency Copernicus. Parts of Africa, the area around the Caspian Sea, Southeast Asia, Japan and northern North America were all much warmer than average.