Luckily the original data from that day is available, so you can see [1] that the actual temperatures recorded in Zaragoza and several other cities nearby were

Luckily the original data from that day is available, so you can see [1] that the actual temperatures recorded in Zaragoza and several other cities nearby were far from that extreme temperature. Other Spanish newspapers reported the extreme temperature as taken in the sun [2], and also included the temperature in the shade with a more reasonable value. 1: https://repositorio.aemet.es/handle/20.500.11765/6290 https://repositorio.aemet.es/handle/20.500.11765/6290 2: http://hemeroteca.lavanguardia.com/preview/1935/06/23/pagina-28/33149944/pdf.html?search=zaragoza http://hemeroteca.lavanguardia.com/preview/1935/06/23/pagina...