AUGUST has started with an end to the recent heatwave which saw temperatures in the south reach over 42ºC in the shade, says the State meteorological agency AEMET.
This first week of the month will see a drop in the mercury of between 5ºC and 7ºC and, although far from chilly, some respite is expected across the country for the next few days.
Temperatures will not exceed 38ºC in any province, AEMET confirms, with the east coast - Almería, Murcia, Valencia, Alicante, Castellón and Tarragona - seeing figures of between 33ºC and 35ºC, and the top temperatures forecast in the provinces of Granada, Jaén, Córdoba and Toledo.
More northern provinces will drop down to more springlike climates - the region of Navarra, and Bilbao in the Basque Country will enjoy a more comfortable 26ºC, whilst in Vitoria, also in the Basque Country, thermometers will go down to 25ºC.
Cantabria and Asturias will see temperatures of around 24ºC, and the coldest part of the mainland will be San Sebastián in the Basque Country at a temperate 23ºC.
Even the Canary Islands will only experience figures in the 20s - about 24ºC in Gran Canaria and 28ºC in Tenerife.
Scattered showers are expected across the northern strip of the mainland, especially in Cantabria.
Tropical nights will subside, with lows across Spain sitting at between 15ºC and 20ºC, and only Toledo at 21ºC and Almería and the Spanish-owned city-province of Melilla, on the northern Moroccan coast, at 25ºC, will exceed these figures.
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