{
  "id": 14134865,
  "title": "September 2026 breaks heat records across Western Europe, and Spain is feeling the heat",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/september-2026-breaks-heat-records-across-western-europe-and-spain-is",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-13T06:12:46.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Euro Weekly News",
    "slug": "euro-weekly-news",
    "url": "https://euroweeklynews.com/2026/10/13/september-2026-breaks-heat-records-across-western-europe-and-spain-is-feeling-the-heat/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "In September 2026, Western Europe experienced exceptional heat, with Spain feeling the heat particularly strongly. September 2026 has been officially classified as the joint hottest September in European climate history, on par with the record set in 2023. The European Union's Copernicus Climate Change Service reported that September's average temperature was 2.51 degrees Celsius higher than the average, matching the previous record. Sea temperatures also reached a new high for that month. The heat was particularly persistent, with Spain experiencing an unusually long summer, with three heatwaves and temperatures remaining elevated even after September arrived. While Western Europe matched its previous September record, Spain did not set a new national record, as the record is for Western Europe as a whole. The global figures were equally striking, with September 2026 being the second warmest September on record, 0.82°C above the average September temperature of the 1991-2020 period.",
  "summary": "September is the month when autumn begins, when the summer haze of the preceding months gradually melts away; but across […]",
  "key_points": [
    "September 2026 set joint hottest temperature record in Western Europe",
    "Spain experienced particularly strong heat in September 2026",
    "Global September 2026 was second warmest on record"
  ],
  "editors_take": "Persistent heatwaves and record-breaking sea temperatures signal a deepening trend of extreme thermal volatility that threatens to normalize unprecedented warmth across the European continent.",
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}