That is the primary purple alert of the summer season within the Balearics and applies as soon as forecast or precise temperatures hit 42C. In Formentera, a excessive of 43.5C was registered at 1.30pm on Saturday.

The temperatures are topic to verification, however there appears little doubt that Mallorca is experiencing the hottest day of the yr – a excessive, as of two.45pm, of 41.6C in Pollensa and Porreres.

There are highs above 41C in Alicante and Murcia. In any other case, the highest ten highest temperatures in Spain on Saturday are within the Balearics.