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Because of the Foehn effect, the southern slopes fall inside the rain shadow zone and so Green Spain contrasts starkly with the rest of Spain. The rainfall is generally abundant, exceeding 1,000 mm (39.4 in) and is fairly evenly spread out over the year, with the driest month above 30 mm (1.2 in), which is the minimum criteria for an oceanic ...
In January 1941, 8 snow days were recorded, the most for any month. [20] From 7 January to 10 January 2021, Madrid received the most snow in its recorded history; Spain's meteorological agency AEMET reported between 50 and 60 centimetres (20 and 24 in) of accumulated snow at its weather stations within the city. [21]
Valencia has much warmer winters (data from January, the coldest month): Valencia: 16.4 °C (61.5 °F) during the day and 7.1 °C (44.8 °F) at night; Madrid: 10 °C (50 °F) during the day and 2 °C (36 °F) at night [23] and also Valencia has longer summers and milder temperatures in the middle of summer during the day.
In the coldest month, January, the temperature typically ranges from 12 to 18 °C (54 to 64 °F) during the day and 6 to 12 °C (43 to 54 °F) at night. In the warmest month, August, the temperature typically ranges from 27 to 31 °C (81 to 88 °F) during the day and from 20 to 24 °C (68 to 75 °F) at night.
An image of the Gulf Stream's path and its related branches The average number of days per year with precipitation The average amount of sunshine yearly (hours). The climate of western Europe is strongly conditioned by the Gulf Stream, which keeps mild air (for the latitude) over Northwestern Europe in the winter months, especially in Ireland, the United Kingdom and coastal Norway.
The town of Chiva, west of Valencia province, recorded 491mm of rain in just eight hours – more than it has seen over the past 20 months, according to Spain’s weather service.
Between 19 and 23 January, seven separate weather stations across the country recorded more than 300 mm (12 in) of rain. During this time period the station at Barx set the highest total of 433 mm (17.0 in), more than four times the total monthly average rainfall for the month of January at this location. [ 21 ]
Met Éireann issued a weather warning with up to 10 centimetres (3.9 in) of snow forecast. [68] Belgium was covered with another thick layer of snow, in some central provinces (such as Flemish Brabant) as deep as 10 centimetres (3.9 in). Since the snow (and possible traffic chaos) had been forecast for several days, this resulted in few people ...