Akshay DidwaniyaSpain’s health ministry monitoring data shows at least 900 people died in June due to extreme heat. June 2026 ranked as the second hottest June ever recorded in Spain, as a deadly heatwave gripped much of Europe.
At least 900 people died in Spain last month because of extreme heat. Spanish newspaper Pais reported this, citing early figures from the health ministry’s daily death monitoring system.
Spain’s June 2026 ranked as the second hottest June since weather records began in 1961. The country’s national meteorology agency AEMET officially labeled last month as “extraordinarily hot.” Only June 2025 was hotter in Spain’s recorded history.
“Around 900 people died from high temperatures in Spain in June this year, with 623 of those deaths happening during one week of abnormal heat,” according to the newspaper’s report.
June 2026 also became the second deadliest June on record for heat-related deaths in Spain. The worst year on record remains 2017, when heat claimed 1,000 lives. Spain has tracked heat-related mortality data since 2015.
A brutal heatwave gripped much of Europe in mid-June. Temperatures in several countries climbed toward 40 degrees Celsius and in some places crossed that mark. France, Britain, the Netherlands, and Italy all issued their highest red weather danger alerts. France 24 television earlier reported that at least 94 million people across Europe faced extreme heat from the dangerous temperature surge.
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