THE CLIMATE STORY OF

MADRID

≈2.2 °C warmer today than in the mid-20th century

1940: 12.6 °C1941: 12.9 °C1942: 13.3 °C1943: 13.7 °C1944: 13.2 °C1945: 14.7 °C1946: 12.7 °C1947: 14.0 °C1948: 13.6 °C1949: 13.7 °C1950: 14.1 °C1951: 12.5 °C1952: 12.8 °C1953: 13.4 °C1954: 13.4 °C1955: 14.5 °C1956: 12.0 °C1957: 13.1 °C1958: 13.6 °C1959: 13.1 °C1960: 13.1 °C1961: 14.4 °C1962: 13.4 °C1963: 12.7 °C1964: 13.5 °C1965: 13.3 °C1966: 13.3 °C1967: 13.0 °C1968: 13.3 °C1969: 12.3 °C1970: 13.5 °C1971: 12.0 °C1972: 12.1 °C1973: 12.9 °C1974: 12.9 °C1975: 12.7 °C1976: 12.8 °C1977: 13.0 °C1978: 13.2 °C1979: 13.3 °C1980: 13.2 °C1981: 13.9 °C1982: 13.7 °C1983: 13.9 °C1984: 12.8 °C1985: 14.1 °C1986: 13.5 °C1987: 14.1 °C1988: 13.5 °C1989: 14.6 °C1990: 14.2 °C1991: 13.5 °C1992: 13.4 °C1993: 12.7 °C1994: 14.4 °C1995: 15.0 °C1996: 13.8 °C1997: 14.5 °C1998: 14.0 °C1999: 13.9 °C2000: 14.1 °C2001: 14.2 °C2002: 14.2 °C2003: 14.5 °C2004: 13.8 °C2005: 14.1 °C2006: 14.8 °C2007: 13.5 °C2008: 13.6 °C2009: 15.0 °C2010: 13.7 °C2011: 14.8 °C2012: 14.4 °C2013: 13.8 °C2014: 14.8 °C2015: 15.2 °C2016: 14.9 °C2017: 15.9 °C2018: 14.7 °C2019: 15.4 °C2020: 15.4 °C2021: 15.0 °C2022: 16.3 °C2023: 15.9 °C2024: 15.8 °C2025: 16.2 °C
1940Annual mean temperature, 1940–20252025

Heat-record watch

Warmest day of the last 14 days: 38.5 °C (August 13, 2026)

All-time record since 1940: 41.5 °C (August 13, 2021)

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Data: Open-Meteo (ERA5 reanalysis). Warming-stripes concept: Ed Hawkins.