Alt Empordà, in Girona province, recorded 61 days of thermal stress in 2025, according to the Copernicus Climate Change Service. The same report said 2025 was confirmed as the third warmest year on record globally.
Copernicus said the global temperature in 2025 was 1.47 °C above pre-industrial levels, 0.13 °C cooler than 2024, which remains the warmest year on record. It also said the last three years, from 2023 to 2025, were the first consecutive three-year period to average more than 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels.
The report linked the sustained warming to the build-up of greenhouse gases and unusually high ocean temperatures. It also said 2025 was the warmest year on record for Antarctica and the second warmest for the Arctic.
For readers following climate coverage across Catalonia, this local figure sits within a wider pattern of rising temperatures and longer periods of heat stress. You can read more climate reporting on our News tag page.
Copernicus is the European Union’s Earth observation programme, and its climate service publishes regular assessments of global temperature trends. The findings were also said to align with data from other international bodies, including NASA, NOAA and the World Meteorological Organisation.
