WATER temperatures in the Mediterranean and Cantabrian Seas have hit historic highs for the month of June, rising by up to 2.53ºC in a decade.
Buoys fitted with temperature guages show that the Atlantic ocean off the Cabo Silleiro in Galicia has registered a record of 19.9ºC – the warmest ever recorded and a hike of 1.25ºC on figures from last June.
The buoy off the coast of Bilbao, in the Bay of Biscay, showed the Cantabrian Sea had hotted up to 23.5ºC this month, whilst the one off the Cabo de Gata in the province of Almería registered a 2.48ºC hike reaching 24.3ºC.
The warmest waters and the highest temperature increase affecting mainland Spain was recorded off the shores of the province of Tarragona, with a rise of 2.53ºC, up to 27ºC.
These data have been supplied by the ministry of public works and infrastructure, which covers the State Network of Port Buoys.
