Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Fly to Spain for Some Christmas Sunshine

Malaga Airport is handling record numbers of passengers at the moment, which is not surprising as 2011 has been one of the warmest years in Spain. With an average temperature of 16.7ºC this is 1.49º higher than the average taken from the reference period of 1971 to 2000. From the start of the year to December 14th Spain’s average rainfall of 555 litres per square metre was 7% below the norm.

At the other end of the scale 2011 also recorded the coldest time of the year at the end of January with temperatures in many areas in the north of Spain falling to -10 degrees, and the month of July was also the coldest since 2002.

Highest temperatures were seen in mid August reaching 42.5ºC in Moron de la Frontera, Sevilla. The lowest temperature was on January 23rd in Molina de Aragon, Guadalajara where it fell to -13.6ºC.

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