Spain registers record high sea temperatures for May

Spain registered record ​sea temperatures for the ​month of May ‌along much ​of its coastline, the country's port authority said on Tuesday, as ‌the UN forecast a moderate or possibly strong El Nino, which could drive up global temperatures in coming months.

Spain registered record ​sea temperatures for the ​month of May ‌along much ​of its coastline, the country's port authority said on Tuesday, as ‌the UN forecast a moderate or possibly strong El Nino, which could drive up global temperatures in coming months. Twelve ‌out of 15 deep-water buoys recorded their highest-ever ‌temperatures for the month of May, as well as six out of 14 buoys along the coast, according to the ⁠Spanish ​port authority.

Human-caused climate ⁠change was behind the phenomenon, said Ruben del Campo, spokesperson ⁠for Spanish weather agency AEMET. "Over the last decade, there ​have been just seven record-breaking cold days, whereas we ⁠have had 221 record-breaking hot days," del Campo said, adding ⁠that ​this reflected a constant rise in global average temperatures.

However, del Campo added, May's record sea ⁠temperatures were unrelated to El Nino, which will potentially begin ⁠to emerge ⁠in the Pacific in the coming months and reach its peak in October and ‌November.