Spain is bracing for a week of temperatures as high as 40C that are forecast to shatter records for April, as officials weighed opening public swimming pools early and adapting school schedules and meteorologists warned of the risk of wildfires.
Coinciding with a long-running drought, the cause for the predicted hike in temperatures is "the progressive entry of a very warm and dry air mass from Africa coupled with atmospheric stability and strong sunshine", Spain's weather agency AEMET said on Tuesday.
That would be the highest figure for April since official recordkeeping of Spanish meteorological data began in 1961. The previous monthly high of 37.4C was recorded in the eastern region of Murcia on April 9, 2011. He previously said that rising temperatures in Spain were "clearly attributable to climate change, which has led to higher temperatures on a global scale".
Under the plan, Madrid's ubiquitous outdoor swimming pools, where locals flock as the temperatures climb each year, will open a month earlier than usual, in mid-May.
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