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Agenda
21
Update

Christine
Betterton
Jones

2015 - 4th hottest
year in History
This year will go
down as one of
Spain’s hottest in
history. According
to figures compiled by the Spanish State Meteorological Agency
(Aemet), the annual average temperature in the country
up until November
30 was 16.5ºC –
about 0.8ºC higher
than the average
between 1981 and
2010. Aemet states
that 2015 is the
fourth hottest year
on record in Spain
– only last year,
2006 and 2011
saw higher average temperatures.
Spaniards are also
experiencing one
of the driest periods on record. This
autumn has been

particularly
dry,
with 18 percent
less rainfall than
other years. Aemet
said the autumn of
2015 has been the
fifth driest on record after those of
2004, 2007, 2009
and 2013. For full
story see: El Pais
in English - This
summer was also
the country’s second-hottest since
1961 and included
the longest heatwave recorded.
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Spain
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