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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.
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 ...
Disastrous floods have been reported throughout the history of Valencia, from the 14th century up to the contemporary period. [5] The 1957 Valencia flood was caused by a three-day cold drop (Spanish: gota fría) (which usually leads to heavy autumn rains in Spain and France); it overflowed the banks of the Túria river and devastated the city of Valencia.
After rapidly crossing the Atlantic, Gloria made landfall in northern Spain on 19 January with high winds and heavy rainfall, exacerbated by the system stalling off the east coast of Spain shortly after landfall. Heavy rainfall caused widespread flooding and mudslides which killed 14 people across the country and left three missing. [13]
Sunshine duration is 2,696 hours per year, from 155 - average about 5 hours of sunshine a day in December to 314 - average above 10 hours of sunshine a day in July. [5] This is a bit above average for the southern half of Europe because in this part of the continent, sunshine duration varies from about 2,000 to about 3,000 hours per year.
British government drawn up plans to cope with extreme weather following Spain floods. Tuesday 5 November 2024 14:49, Rachel Hagan. Sir Keir Starmer’s senior ministers have drawn up plans to ...
The State Meteorological Agency (Spanish: Agencia Estatal de Meteorología, AEMET) is a state agency of the Government of Spain responsible for providing weather forecast, warnings of hazardous weather and assisting the administrations in such matters.
Sunshine duration is 2,524 hours per year, from 138 - average 4.5 hours of sunshine per day in December to 310 - average 10 hours of sunshine per day in July. [5] Barcelona has an average seasonal UV index close to that of Madrid , different only in March but with the same annual average of 5, with the values varying from 9 in June and July to ...