During last July, it was very warm in Canary Islands, the tenth hottest of the past 60 years, with 42.8 degrees Celsius in Tasarte (Gran Canaria) on the 19th as the maximum temperature; and at the same time very humid, the fifth in the same historical series.
The average temperature in the archipelago during the seventh month of the year was 23.2 degrees Celsius, which represents a deviation of +0.9% from the expected values.
Regarding the accumulated precipitation, an average of 2.2 millimetres was recorded, 244% above the expected value, as indicated in the climatological advance of the Canary Islands published this Tuesday by the State Meteorological Agency (Aemet).
Last month had two clearly marked climatological periods: from the 1st to the 9th with an average temperature below the reference values due to a strongly anticyclonic situation, and from the 10th to the 27th, marked by the approach of the African dorsal, which brought three warm episodes, without in any case reaching the level of being considered heatwaves.
A total of 1,246 records of tropical nights were counted, those nights where the minimum temperatures do not drop below 20 degrees, at the Aemet stations deployed in Canary Islands, some located above 2,000 meters of altitude.
In the stations of Pájara-Morro Jable (Fuerteventura) and San Sebastián de La Gomera all nights in July were tropical; in Mogán-Puerto Rico (Gran Canaria), Fuencaliente-Salinas (La Palma) and El Hierro-Airport they were all except for the day 22 in the first, the 18th in the second, and the 5th in the third.
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The maximum temperatures by islands were 42.8 degrees Celsius in Tasarte (Gran Canaria) on the 19th; 38.8 in Las Mercedes (Tenerife) on the 25th; 37.5 at the Fuerteventura airport on the 24th; 37.1 at El Paso on the 25th; 36 at Arure (La Gomera) on the 19th and 26th; 35.3 at La Dehesa (El Hierro) on the 19th; 34.1 at the Lanzarote airport on the 25th and 28.8 at the La Graciosa heliport on the 25th.
The highest minimums by island were 29.7 degrees in Cuevas del Pinar-San Bartolomé de Tirajana on the 12th; 28.2 at CITFAgro 64 Hoyos (Tenerife) on the 26th; 27.8 at La Dehesa (El Hierro) on the 26th; 25.8 at Arure (La Gomera) on the 25th; 25.4 at the mirador del Time (La Palma) on the 25th; 24.7 at Morro Jable (Fuerteventura) on the 26th; 24.2 at Haría (Lanzarote) on the 25th and 21.6 at the La Graciosa heliport on the 21st.
Regarding precipitations, the Aemet explains that although they were above average in Canary Islands, they were weak and scattered, mainly focused on the first and last days of the month, and affecting the northern slopes of the islands with greater orographic relief.
The 14 millimetres of accumulated precipitation at the San Andrés y Sauces station (La Palma) on the 29th stand out.
On the same day, there were accumulated precipitation of 10.6 millimetres in Agulo (La Gomera) and Los Silos (Tenerife), 9.8 in La Matanza (Tenerife) and 9.4 in Valverde (El Hierro).
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