Aemet climatologists have concluded that it was the "most extremely hot and dry" April since 1961. The average temperature, that is, between the maximum and the minimum, has stood at 14.9° in mainland Spain.
The Balearic Islands and the Canary Islands have also suffered a "very warm" month. For its part, the average rainfall on mainland Spain has been 14.2 liters per square meter, just 22% of the expected rainfall. The communities in which the most records have fallen are Andalusia, the east of Extremadura and southwest of Castilla-La Mancha.