According to IPMA, the Portuguese weather agency, about a third of the country's meteorological stations broke temperature records on Saturday. The highest was 46.4C [115°F] in Alvega, 120km from Lisbon.
[...] The high temperatures in Portugal and Spain are caused by a plume of warm air from the Sahara, which yesterday turned the sky an eerie orange in places, including above Amareleja.
In 2003, when Amareleja set the record for the country's hottest temperature - 47.4C [117°F] on 1 August - more than 2,000 people died as a direct result of the heat. Official figures on this summer's heat are expected to be made public at the end of the year.
(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 06 2018, @08:35PM (1 child)
Nah, the Central Valley is hot from south to north in the summer. I found LA more hospitable in the summer than some places in Northern California.
(Score: 2) by Reziac on Tuesday August 07 2018, @07:32AM
Back when I was researching local climates, I compared various parts of California. And lo and behold, when it comes to summer heat, Redding is a tish hotter than Bakersfield.
Tho it needs another 20F degrees to beat out Ridgecrest.
And there is no Alkibiades to come back and save us from ourselves.