A total of 49 of the 115 automatic stations of the XEMA network of the Meteocat service of Cataloniawhich are more than 20 years old, have recorded this Sunday record temperatures in a month of October.
The stations that have recorded these record temperatures, Meteocat has reported, are located in regions of Ponent, Pyrenees and the center of Catalonia.
Temperature The maximum recorded this Sunday was 34.9 degrees and it occurred in the Lleida town of Sant Romà d’Abella, in the region ofl Pallars Jussà. This record exceeds what was until now record, which was 34.7 degrees, recorded at the Girona station on October 12, 2011.
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Meteocat has also indicated that the maximum temperature has exceeded 30 degrees in most of the valleys of the Pyrenees, with 31 in Vielha and 30 in Puigcerdà. 17 degrees at 2,500 meters altitude have also been noted.
These temperatures, indicates the meteorological service, They are two or three degrees below what is considered normal in the Pyrenees in the months of July and August..