Spring will be warmer than normal

Spring 2017

The spring of 2017 has already begun and we have forecasts about the temperatures and the weather that will be there and what awaits us. Although the start of it is being quite cold, Spring is estimated to be warmer than normal.

According to data from the State Meteorological Agency (Aemet), there is a storm on the peninsula that will cause the temperatures to drop and the appearance of rain and snow in many provinces. However, the temperatures and the water balance have been analyzed for the prediction of spring compared to last winter and a rather warm spring is expected.

Squall over the peninsula

squall over the peninsula

According to the data of the Aemet, with the storm that is on the peninsula the snow level will be 300/400 meters in the northwest. Thursday will be the worst day as the front will be more active. This front causes the decrease in maximum temperatures and it will seem that winter has returned.

In addition, to this marked drop in temperatures we have to add the entry of western component winds that will blow at strong intervals throughout the Cantabrian Mountains and the Galician and Cantabrian coastlines.

As of Saturday, temperatures will slowly recover again although it will do so unevenly throughout the peninsula.

Warmer than normal winter

winter and spring have been and will be warmer than normal

We are getting used to hearing that the winters are warmer and warmer. And this is being accentuated more and more by the effects of climate change. We are referring to the winter of 2016-2017. It has been generally warm with an average temperature of 8,5 degrees. This average is 0,6 degrees above the normal average for this season, making it the 1965th warmest winter since XNUMX and the fourth so far this century.

December had a warmer character placing its temperatures averages 0,6 degrees above normal. January did turn out to be colder, reaching average temperatures 0,5 degrees lower than normal. Lastly, February has been one of the hottest, reaching average temperatures above 1,6 degrees of normal.

Among the most outstanding episodes of winter we find the irruption of a very cold air mass of continental origin on January 18, which lasted until the 26, affecting the peninsula and the Balearic Islands.

Regarding the lowest temperatures found in winter, we find measurements of the stations corresponding to the Port of Navacerrada (Madrid), with 13 degrees below zero on January 18; to Molina de Aragón, 13,4 degrees below zero that same day; and to Salamanca Airport, 10,9 degrees below zero on January 19.

On the other hand, analyzing the highest temperatures found in winter, we find the warmest in the Canary Islands, both at the beginning of December and in mid-February, highlighting the 28,6 degrees measured in Tenerife South on February 17; 28,3 degrees at Fuerteventura Airport on December 2; and 27,6 degrees at the Gran Canaria airport on December 3.

Rainfall in winter

winter rainfall

We once again have a fairly dry winter in terms of rainfall since the average is 160 liters per square meter, being 20% ​​below the average value. During the months of December and January it rained much less than in the last month of February.

While December was with rainfall around 42% below normal and January with 36% also below, February was quite humid, reaching rainfall with 36% above average.

Regarding the hydrological year, which began on October 1, it is taken into account that, as of March 14, the accumulated precipitation values ​​are 5% below normal values. Climate change is reducing rainfall and increasing temperatures on the planet and Spain is very vulnerable.


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