Temperatures surpass 36°c in Xàbia as another heatwave sweeps across the peninsula
Elsewhere, Valencia Airport recorded the hottest temperature in Spain yesterday with 46.8°c.
Friday 11th August 2023
Mike Smith
The thermometer reached 36.6°c at the weather station of Barranqueres yesterday as Xàbia experienced its second hottest day of a cruel summer in which several heatwaves sweeping across the Iberian peninsula to push daytime temperatures to near record levels.
Elsewhere in the Marina Alta interior, the thermometer comfortably broke the 40°c barrier yesterday with the weather station of Madrigueres in Dénia recording 44.0°c whilst the centre of Pego hit 43.9°c, Orba reaching 42.3°c and Benialí in the Vall de Gallinera recording 42.3°c.
The highest temperature recorded across the Comunidad Valenciana yesterday was 46.8°c at Valencia airport, the top temperature in the whole of Spain as the eastern seaboard of the country endured the heat.
Temperatures · Xàbia (10/08/2023)
HIGHS
36.6°c – Barranqueres
35.9°c – Montgó/Toscamar
35.9°c – Platá de l’Arenal
35.8°c – Les Valls
35.2°c – Freginal
35.1°c – Montgó/Castellans
34.7°c – Tossals/Carrasquetes
34.3°c – Port
33.8°c – Cansalades
33.7°c – Centre Històric
33.7°c – La Plana
33.0°c – Lluca/Coster d’en Sala
32.5°c – Viver Montgó Verd
32.4°c – Heliport-Bevenguts
32.0°c – Club de Golf
30.9°c – Alt de la Granadella
29.3°c – La Granadella
27.2°c – Far del Cap de la Nau
LOWS
25.2°c – Platja de l’Arenal
24.8°c – Centre Històric
24.8°c – Far del Cap de la Nau
24.8°c – Port
24.5°c – La Granadella
24.4°c – Freginal
24.3°c – Montgó/Castellans
24.2°c – Montgó/Toscamar
24.2°c – La Plana
24.1°c – Alt de la Granadella
23.9°c – Tossals/Carrasquetes
23.9°c – Viver Montgó Verd
23.8°c – Cansalades
23.7°c – Heliport-Bevenguts
23.6°c – Barranqueres
23.4°c – Club de Golf
23.3°c – Les Valls
22.5°c – Lluca/Coster d’en Sala
Source: AVAMET MX MeteoXarxa
