This spring has been the warmest in the historical series, in addition to the second driest. The State Meteorological Agency predicts that this summer will also be hotter than normal.
Spain drags as a whole a situation of "long-term drought" and the hope to try to reverse the situation is already set in the autumn. To this was added the 41 days in which mainland Spain and the Balearic Islands were officially in a heat wave situation, something never previously recorded in the country.