Heat Wave Monitor

Author
Affiliation

John Palmer

Universitat Pompeu Fabra

Modified

March 2, 2026

Summary

Note: This report was last modified at 2026-03-02 05:11:20.824817.

Data Checking

Number of station-readings available for each municipality during past week:

date Barcelona Madrid Sevilla València Zaragoza
2026-02-23 1 3 2 1 1
2026-02-24 1 3 2 1 1
2026-02-25 1 3 2 1 1
2026-02-26 1 3 2 1 1
2026-02-27 1 2 2 1 1
2026-02-28 1 3 2 1 1
2026-03-01 1 3 1 1 1

Heat Wave Tables

85th Percentile Threshold

Summary of heat waves this year, based on two and five consecutive days at 85th percentile of daily minimum heat index:

2-day periods
No heat waves yet at this threshold.
3-day periods
No heat waves yet at this threshold.
4-day periods
No heat waves yet at this threshold.
5-day periods
No heat waves yet at this threshold.

90th Percentile Threshold

Summary of heat waves this year, based on two and five consecutive days at 90th percentile of daily minimum heat index:

2-day periods
No heat waves yet at this threshold.
3-day periods
No heat waves yet at this threshold.
4-day periods
No heat waves yet at this threshold.
5-day periods
No heat waves yet at this threshold.

95th Percentile Threshold

Summary of heat waves this year, based on two and five consecutive days at 95th percentile of daily minimum heat index:

2-day periods
No heat waves yet at this threshold.
3-day periods
No heat waves yet at this threshold.
4-day periods
No heat waves yet at this threshold.
5-day periods
No heat waves yet at this threshold.

99th Percentile Threshold

Summary of heat waves this year, based on two and five consecutive days at 99th percentile of daily minimum heat index:

2-day periods
No heat waves yet at this threshold.
3-day periods
No heat waves yet at this threshold.
4-day periods
No heat waves yet at this threshold.
5-day periods
No heat waves yet at this threshold.

Thresholds

Heat wave thresholds:

indicativo station_name Hi_min_85p Hi_min_90p Hi_min_95p Hi_min_99p Hi_min_100p
0201D BARCELONA,CMT 24.0 25 25 27 30
3126Y EL GOLOSO 18.1 19 20 21 23
3129 MADRID/BARAJAS 20.0 20 21 22 24
3195 MADRID,RETIRO 22.0 23 24 25 25
5783 SEVILLA/SAN PABLO 22.0 22 23 24 27
5790Y SEVILLA 'TABLADA AUT THIES' 22.0 22 23 24 27
8416X VALENCIA (UPV - AUTOMATICA) 24.0 24 25 27 28
8416Y VALENCIA VIVEROS 24.0 25 25 27 28
9434P ZARAGOZA-VALDESPARTERA 20.0 21 22 23 26

Barcelona

Threshold for at least 2 days

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Threshold for at least 4 days

Threshold for at least 5 days

Madrid

Threshold for at least 2 days

Threshold for at least 3 days

Threshold for at least 4 days

Threshold for at least 5 days

Valencia

Threshold for at least 2 days

Threshold for at least 3 days

Threshold for at least 4 days

Threshold for at least 5 days

Sevilla

Threshold for at least 2 days

Threshold for at least 3 days

Threshold for at least 4 days

Threshold for at least 5 days

Zaragoza

Threshold for at least 2 days

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Threshold for at least 4 days

Threshold for at least 5 days