According to the weather service, the previous highest temperature, 49.9C in the Western Sahara city of Smara, was recorded on July 13.
“This heatwave is due to the arrival of dry and warm air from the south, which has led to a significant rise in temperatures, which are five to 13 degrees above the monthly average,” the Met Authority said in a statement.
AFP reporters reported that the heatwave has caused wildfires in recent days near Tangier in northern Morocco and in Taïja province in the east, damaging forests but causing no casualties.
According to the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service, July was the hottest month ever recorded on Earth. This surpassed the previous record set in July 2019 by 0.33C.
Last month in Morocco was the fourth warmest July since 1961.
According to the weather forecast, there will be a slight drop in the temperature in the coming days in the northern parts of North Africa.