Barcelona could suffer heat waves up to 6C more intense by the end of the century

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https://www.uab.cat/web/newsroom/news-detail/barcelona-could-suffer-heat-waves-up-to-6-c-more-intense-by-the-end-of-the-century-1345830290613.html?detid=1345960801364

Barcelona could suffer heat waves up to 6ºC more intense by the end of the century
17 Jul 2025

Heat waves that already affect the population of the Metropolitan Area of Barcelona (AMB) could significantly intensify in the future, with temperature increases of up to 6ºC and a general reduction in relative humidity in cities by the end of the century.

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The main results of the study are as follows:

Temperature increase

• Maximum temperatures could increase by an average of 4ºC and minimum temperatures around 3.5ºC by the end of the century.


• Under especially stable atmospheric situations, increases of up to 6ºC are projected to be reached by the end of the century.


• Thus, maximum temperatures could reach above 45ºC in urban inland areas of the AMB and above 42ºC in interior areas of the city of Barcelona. Minimum temperatures in coastal areas would not drop below 32ºC within the city of Barcelona by the end of the century.


• The greatest temperature increases would occur in urban areas, probably due to the high absorption of radiation by artificial materials and poor ventilation caused by regional and large-scale winds. Additionally, this situation would occur in late summer conditions with a warmer Mediterranean Sea, which would also lead to higher minimum temperatures in coastal areas.

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Ventura, S., Miro, J. R., Segura-Barrero, R., Chen, F., Martilli, A., Liu, C., et al. (2025). Assessing the intensity of heatwaves in a warming climate at the urban scale: A case study of the metropolitan area of Barcelona. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 130, e2025JD043559. https://doi.org/10.1029/2025JD043559


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Cheat Sheet:
32°C = 89.6°F
42°C = 107.6°F
45°C = 113°F

[Jerry2144]

1. Wow! Those temperatures are more typical for Las Vegas

Not the northern Mediterranean

[elleng]

2. GEE!

We were lucky, went to wedding (in Poland, Spring 2000, etc) and Barcelona followed.