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According to data released by the Portuguese Institute of the Sea and the Atmosphere (IPMA), the weather station in Santarém recorded 46.4 degrees Celsius, well above the previous record, set on Sunday, when Mértola recorded 43.6 degrees Celsius.
Also on August 7, the thermometers were above those recorded in Mértola in two other locations. Tomar and Mora had maximum temperatures of 44.6 and 44.4 ºC, respectively.
The absolute record remains that of Amareleja, registered on August 1, 2003, when the thermometers rose to 47.3 degrees, whereas last year, on July 14, the meteorological station in Pinhão marked 47 degrees.
The IPMA also confirmed to CNN Portugal that on the 7 August new maximum temperatures were recorded at two meteorological stations. Portalegre, with 42.1 degrees Celsius, beating the previous record, which dated August 4, 2018, while Santarém, with the aforementioned 46.4 degrees Celsius, was above the 46.3 recorded on August 4, 2018.
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This is nonsense and nothing but more fear mongering. I live in Tomar and temps , while high, yes, were at least 5 degrees cooler than they're stating.
By Janine from Other on 09 Aug 2023, 13:38
Nonsense. They are ground temperatures not air temperatures that were always used historically - like comparing apples to oranges.
By Wes from Lisbon on 09 Aug 2023, 15:50
We are on the edge of a global disaster & you worry about scaremongering !!
Look at the world we've destroyed - what have we left for our children.
Nothing we can do will stop the mess we are in - to little to late I'm sorry to say.
By Bob Woodworth from Algarve on 09 Aug 2023, 19:11
Unfortunately, there will always be those who prefer to hide their heads in the scorching hot sand, but climate change is real and these temps are only going to continue to rise...along with sea levels. Meanwhile, entire species are being wiped out, reefs are dying along with their entire ecosystems , and there won't be enough fish in the sea to serve the food chain. Wonder what the conspiracy theory adherents will have to say when there's nothing to put on their plates...Ooops?!
By Tina Steele from USA on 09 Aug 2023, 19:51
I, too, live in Tomar and can recall reading a temperature of 43.4ªC at around 15.00 hours last Monday afternoon in my garden while the interior was showing 33ºC.
By Cavaleiro R. from Other on 09 Aug 2023, 22:08
Climate change is real because reality is A Flux. Everything changes.
Look at photographs of yourself.
99.9% of all Life forms that have existed on this planet are now Extinct, according to scientists - we didn't kill them.
Life could be better but it will never be perfect - believing in absolutes like pre industrial figures and eternal species populations is unicorn and rainbow number crunching.
It's called Evolution , and to imagine it will stop is silly.
Climate Change is a Political Agenda, and politics is far from straight and transparent.
By Joe from Alentejo on 10 Aug 2023, 05:39
the best thing humans can do to save the planet is just keep the never ending wars going. for two thousand years we hardly had a few days without having a war somewhere on this globe.
By marianna from Other on 10 Aug 2023, 08:57
Cool story. Remember when last year the portuguese police arrested ONE HUNDRED AND NINETEEN ARSONISTS? You even reported it here.
That's a lot of fire starters...
By Hart from Lisbon on 10 Aug 2023, 09:29