Portugal records hottest, driest summer in 94 years

LISBON, Sept. 5 (Xinhua) -- Hit by three heat waves, Portugal experienced its hottest and driest summer in 94 years, the Portuguese Institute for Sea and Atmosphere (IPMA) reported Friday.

The average air temperature reached 23.51 degrees Celsius, 1.55 degrees above the 1991-2020 reference period, while the average maximum temperature stood at 30.78 degrees Celsius, the highest in more than nine decades and 2.09 degrees above the normal value.