Sevilla recorded an October more than two degrees warmer than usual, with rain falling on just two days and the city receiving around one sixth of its normal rainfall for the month.
The average temperature was 22.7C, compared with a typical October average of 20.4C, according to figures from Weatherandclimate.eu.
Daytime highs exceeded 30C on 13 days and climbed above 34C twice, on October 2 and 14.
Only three days had highs below 25C. The lowest temperature of the month was 10.4C on the morning of October 28.
Almost all the month’s rain fell on October 17, when the city recorded 11.2mm. Another 0.4mm fell on October 5, bringing the total to 11.6mm against an October norm of 75mm.
The dry spell also put pressure on farmers.
The Guadalquivir river basin authority approved further releases from reservoirs to sustain irrigation in Andalucia.
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