On 14 June 2022, the Land Surface Temperature (LST) in some areas of Spain exceeded 53°C, as highlighted in this data visualisation of measurements from the Copernicus Sentinel-3 Sea and Land Surface Temperature Radiometer (SLSTR) instrument.

The second extreme heat event of the year is ongoing in western Europe, with temperatures reaching values which are not normally recorded until July or August.

Weather records have been broken in France and Spain: for the latter, the early June temperatures were the hottest recorded in the past 20 years.

Credit: European Union, Copernicus Sentinel-3 imagery