Last year, the average air temperature was 16.47ºC, 0.81ºC higher than the normal value for the 1991-2020 reference period, with the average maximum temperature being the fourth highest since 1931 and the minimum temperature the seventh highest.

The lowest minimum temperature (-8.1°C) was recorded in Miranda do Douro on 15 January, and the highest maximum temperature (46.6ºC) in Mora on 29 June.

According to the IPMA, 2022, 2023, 1997, 2024 and 2025 were the five hottest years ever in mainland Portugal.

The annual climate report, in the summary version released today, highlights that 2025 was the third wettest year since 2000, with "no year having been so wet for 11 years", with total rainfall of 1,064.8 millimetres, 245.5 millimetres more than in 1991-2020.

The highest rainfall in a single day (117.0 millimetres) was in Guarda on 13 November.

Last year saw six heatwaves - one in spring, three in summer (with July/August being the longest ever in the northern and central interior) and two in autumn.

IPMA also recorded 44 new rainfall extremes, 57% of which were in January and November.

In mid-November, the passage of the Cláudia depression caused three deaths, several injuries and displaced people.

Previously, between July and October, more than half of the mainland (60% to 99%) was in meteorological drought, with summer forest fires causing four deaths and dozens of injuries in the North and Centre regions.