Marina Alta has entered what meteorological institutes are identifying as the first episode of high temperatures, more characteristic of summer, still within May. This phenomenon, which began yesterday in the peninsular southwest, is already being felt in this region and could last for approximately three weeks.

For the remainder of the week, an episode of extraordinarily high temperatures for this time of year is expected across the peninsula. Widespread maximums could reach 34ºC in the main valleys, and even 36-38ºC in the Guadiana and Guadalquivir valleys.

Indeed, this Thursday temperatures surpassed 30 degrees, with 30.2ºC recorded at the Patronat meteorological station in Pedreguer, according to Avamet data. Other municipalities neared 29ºC, such as El Ràfol d’Almúnia (29.7), Parcent (29.4), Sagra (29.2), or Dénia (29.0).

The State Meteorological Agency (Aemet) has reported on the high temperatures forecast, clarifying that it is not technically a heatwave. According to the agency, for it to be considered a heatwave, even higher temperatures would need to be reached and maintained for several days, exceeding the 95th percentile of historical July and August data.

Nevertheless, Aemet indicates that the thermal values for the coming days, both daytime and nighttime, will be "typical of mid-summer." "An episode of extraordinarily high temperatures for this time of year is expected," it states.

Instability and heat will be the main features for the remainder of May and the first week of June, as a result of an anticyclone and the arrival of a warm air mass, according to MeteoParcent.