Spain's hyped historic heatwave meets the reality of June
While headlines forecast a historic June heatwave, actual weather in Spain is bringing mild temperatures and rain. Exaggeration or fair warning?
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The hyped historic heatwave collides with the thermometer
A historic heatwave has been forecast for this June. But those who have been out and about for days can't find it anywhere. In Valencia, one of the most reliable urban thermometers – the citizen one, taken out on the street – is recording the mildest early summer in nearly a decade, according to direct witnesses. In Valladolid, it hasn't even stopped raining. The astronomical summer hasn't even begun.
The paradox is nothing new. Every year, as the heat arrives, headlines compete to announce the "warmest June on record" or an "unprecedented heatwave". Then the real data comes in and, without denying the underlying trend, day-to-day weather looks more like a normal climate, with its peaks and its troughs.
Some attribute it to a climate conspiracy – socialism, say a few – while others, more prosaically, point out that weather history is cyclical. What seems clear is that the gap between the apocalyptic forecast and everyday perception fuels scepticism.
If history is any guide, June will most likely end up around the usual average. But with weather, as everyone knows: a forecast is never a certainty.
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A historic heatwave has been forecast for this June. But those who have been out and about for days can't find it anywhere. In Valencia, one of the most reliable urban thermometers – the citizen one, taken out on the street – is recording the mildest early summer in nearly a decade, according to direct witnesses. In Valladolid, it hasn't even stopped raining. The astronomical summer hasn't even begun.
The paradox is nothing new. Every year, as the heat arrives, headlines compete to announce the "warmest June on record" or an "unprecedented heatwave". Then the real data comes in and, without denying the underlying trend, day-to-day weather looks more like a normal climate, with its peaks and its troughs.
Some attribute it to a climate conspiracy – socialism, say a few – while others, more prosaically, point out that weather history is cyclical. What seems clear is that the gap between the apocalyptic forecast and everyday perception fuels scepticism.
If history is any guide, June will most likely end up around the usual average. But with weather, as everyone knows: a forecast is never a certainty.
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