Update: temperature hits 44.8ºC in Mallorca, heat wave could drag on into August
The intense heat is forecast to intensify in the next two days and could last into August.
Iconic "melon" shatters thanks to Mallorca heat wave
Patients faint due to heat at Palma hospital.
Mallorca melts, going to feel like 50ºC on Tuesday
Temperatures will not begin to ease until Thursday.
Today´s weather in Mallorca (Monday)
Another yellow alert, but there is the chance of some rain on Monday.
Freak winds point to a change in the weather
The met agency suggests there could be some heavy showers on Monday.
Sunday's weather in Mallorca
A forecast high of 40C, but it does look as though the temperatures have peaked.
![Cooling down in Palma, Mallorca](https://uh.gsstatic.es/images/placeholder-preview.webp)
Cooling down in Palma, Mallorca
Hottest day of the summer on Saturday.
![Children cool off in fountains in Palma, Mallorca](https://uh.gsstatic.es/images/placeholder-preview.webp)
Children cool off in fountains in Palma, Mallorca
Any way to tackle the heat!
Ibiza and Formentera on red alert, as Mallorca temperatures near 43
The first red alert for the Balearics this summer.
Last month was the hottest July since records began in Spain
More intense heat to hit the Balearics this month.
Mallorca suffering the longest heat wave on record
It was 26.1C in Capdepera on Sunday night.
Summer "advancing" five days every decade in Mallorca
The Balearics have registered the first ever heat wave in astronomical spring.
Majorca
A kick in the teeth: the week in Majorca
The UK government applied its quarantine; was this on health grounds or were there other motives? Meanwhile, Spain's chief coronavirus spokesperson thanked the UK.
- Emergency declared on Ryanair flight bound for Palma from Dublin
- British tourists will be “tracked” while on holiday in Mallorca
- Mallorca ambassador Sir Bradley Wiggins has “lost” his Mallorca home
- Mallorca restaurants losing clients, tourists tighten their belts
- Mallorca hotelier - "I wouldn't go to a place where I perceived there to be animosity towards tourists"