Spain Weather Records in 2021

2,736 weather records set or tied in Spain in 2021, by type, with the calendar of record highs and lows and the records that still stand.

Key Facts for Spain in 2021

2,736 weather records were set or tied in Spain in 2021.
1,660 were record highs and 519 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
3,243 records set in 2021 still stand in Spain.

Records per Year, by Type

2021 outlined

Records set or tied in Spain each year from 1935 to 2026, stacked by type. 2021 had 2,736.

Weather records per year in Spain, stacked by type, 2021 outlined
Year	Highest daily maximum	Lowest daily maximum	Highest daily minimum	Lowest daily minimum	Heaviest daily rainfall	Total
1935	28	26	42	26	11	133
1936	19	13	27	18	16	93
1937	17	2	18	3	13	53
1938	10	6	1	13	9	39
1939	18	21	14	27	24	104
1940	22	32	15	61	18	148
1941	22	46	12	69	21	170
1942	23	26	24	32	24	129
1943	25	13	37	16	23	114
1944	34	40	27	37	31	169
1945	55	28	44	27	22	176
1946	21	34	11	38	35	139
1947	97	36	31	19	23	206
1948	56	21	21	21	26	145
1949	71	31	43	32	20	197
1950	103	56	91	38	77	365
1951	62	115	64	78	101	420
1952	91	74	94	51	91	401
1953	72	75	73	81	107	408
1954	91	165	83	129	83	551
1955	110	84	194	52	152	592
1956	61	217	56	215	120	669
1957	102	159	96	89	131	577
1958	124	113	211	102	133	683
1959	77	52	115	22	184	450
1960	118	94	140	61	180	593
1961	201	53	210	35	157	656
1962	145	169	123	128	161	726
1963	89	172	103	136	191	691
1964	158	103	177	70	124	632
1965	130	155	124	164	146	719
1966	176	88	137	85	149	635
1967	123	119	87	123	149	601
1968	203	108	153	100	180	744
1969	102	307	154	220	260	1,043
1970	264	251	136	255	190	1,096
1971	110	361	86	223	303	1,083
1972	52	448	64	303	341	1,208
1973	118	215	145	285	229	992
1974	174	324	157	241	297	1,193
1975	191	334	209	341	285	1,360
1976	242	262	217	240	352	1,313
1977	306	569	378	392	409	2,054
1978	387	359	386	302	288	1,722
1979	225	281	346	185	398	1,435
1980	333	357	289	349	295	1,623
1981	566	247	561	231	327	1,932
1982	292	163	403	99	373	1,330
1983	528	248	583	195	338	1,892
1984	176	421	213	281	326	1,417
1985	482	332	482	397	276	1,969
1986	164	274	256	230	324	1,248
1987	560	225	662	163	435	2,045
1988	313	217	415	171	350	1,466
1989	466	109	705	102	493	1,875
1990	478	94	615	135	275	1,597
1991	417	281	386	296	389	1,769
1992	404	382	318	271	389	1,764
1993	197	398	220	331	307	1,453
1994	601	188	524	185	236	1,734
1995	702	114	829	152	307	2,104
1996	320	271	387	156	508	1,642
1997	573	199	780	105	523	2,180
1998	669	158	689	121	292	1,929
1999	492	221	526	124	327	1,690
2000	522	147	410	109	366	1,554
2001	791	258	991	301	403	2,744
2002	563	207	493	115	460	1,838
2003	943	225	1,205	128	527	3,028
2004	908	341	963	290	530	3,032
2005	851	556	922	726	367	3,422
2006	1,027	303	1,293	229	595	3,447
2007	630	225	501	490	594	2,440
2008	542	422	582	298	593	2,437
2009	959	328	964	247	463	2,961
2010	641	540	938	414	639	3,172
2011	1,093	153	914	152	511	2,823
2012	1,130	382	930	384	381	3,207
2013	728	410	790	344	627	2,899
2014	1,145	113	1,011	99	488	2,856
2015	1,629	286	1,346	178	487	3,926
2016	869	103	998	142	547	2,659
2017	1,460	189	1,225	317	416	3,607
2018	639	340	750	218	688	2,635
2019	930	168	817	211	456	2,582
2020	1,150	163	1,145	188	558	3,204
2021	817	243	843	276	557	2,736
2022	1,962	142	1,711	164	528	4,507
2023	2,040	95	1,956	115	497	4,703
2024	1,393	88	1,314	85	580	3,460
2025	1,172	67	1,396	82	486	3,203
2026	1,191	49	1,424	38	344	3,046

Warm to Cold Ratio by Decade

Record highs per record low by decade in Spain: 1930s 1.2 to 1, 1940s 1.1 to 1, 1950s 1.0 to 1, 1960s 1.2 to 1, 1970s 0.7 to 1, 1980s 1.8 to 1, 1990s 2.4 to 1, 2000s 2.7 to 1, 2010s 3.9 to 1, 2020s 11 to 1.

Record highs per record low in Spain, by decade
Decade	Highs per low
1930s	1.24 to 1
1940s	1.05 to 1
1950s	1.00 to 1
1960s	1.15 to 1
1970s	0.68 to 1
1980s	1.76 to 1
1990s	2.43 to 1
2000s	2.72 to 1
2010s	3.90 to 1
2020s	10.93 to 1

Standing Records by Year Set

2021: 3,243

Records still standing in Spain by the year they were set. 3,243 of them were set in 2021.

Standing records in Spain by the year they were set, 2021 highlighted
Year set	Standing records
1896	7
1897	73
1898	43
1899	32
1901	46
1902	14
1903	7
1904	4
1905	43
1906	27
1907	25
1908	17
1909	27
1910	30
1911	60
1912	66
1913	46
1914	85
1915	49
1916	59
1917	90
1918	92
1919	78
1920	347
1921	281
1922	315
1923	330
1924	397
1925	335
1926	350
1927	317
1928	205
1929	199
1930	331
1931	435
1932	372
1933	437
1934	376
1935	559
1936	588
1937	305
1938	583
1939	545
1940	825
1941	888
1942	563
1943	668
1944	869
1945	1,176
1946	1,150
1947	1,417
1948	941
1949	1,113
1950	790
1951	1,188
1952	1,090
1953	1,115
1954	1,488
1955	1,426
1956	1,957
1957	1,945
1958	3,694
1959	1,877
1960	1,915
1961	2,048
1962	2,246
1963	2,201
1964	2,053
1965	2,646
1966	2,407
1967	2,365
1968	1,579
1969	2,284
1970	2,803
1971	2,672
1972	2,693
1973	3,319
1974	3,683
1975	3,159
1976	2,832
1977	4,371
1978	3,451
1979	2,817
1980	3,385
1981	3,236
1982	1,905
1983	3,288
1984	3,102
1985	3,477
1986	2,268
1987	3,161
1988	2,411
1989	2,526
1990	2,267
1991	2,445
1992	2,749
1993	2,384
1994	2,224
1995	2,660
1996	2,529
1997	2,829
1998	2,039
1999	1,964
2000	1,754
2001	2,958
2002	2,059
2003	2,318
2004	2,443
2005	2,839
2006	2,766
2007	2,210
2008	2,254
2009	2,361
2010	3,146
2011	2,268
2012	2,788
2013	2,615
2014	2,254
2015	3,305
2016	2,386
2017	3,013
2018	2,734
2019	2,449
2020	2,961
2021	3,243
2022	4,620
2023	4,757
2024	3,668
2025	3,634
2026	3,353

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Sources: Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Made with Natural Earth. Public domain map data. Borders are Natural Earth's de facto depiction. Data as of 2026-10-12 (12 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).