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Mallorca, [a] or Majorca, [b] [2] [3] is the largest of the Balearic Islands, which are part of Spain, and the seventh largest island in the Mediterranean Sea. The capital of the island, Palma, is also the capital of the autonomous community of the Balearic Islands. The Balearic Islands have been an autonomous region of Spain since 1983. [4]
The average annual temperature in the mainland varies from less than 2.5 °C (36.5 °F) in the north of the Pyrenees, close to the border with France, to more than 20 °C (68 °F). on small regions of Mediterranean coast on Almeria, Granada and Malaga provinces, reaching as high as 20.6 °C (69.1 °F) in Rincón de la Victoria.
Palma has a hot semi-arid climate bordering on a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen: BSh bordering on Csa; Trewartha: BSal bordering on Csal) with an average annual temperature of 18.5 °C (65 °F). During the coldest month, January, the average high temperature is 15.7 °C (60 °F), while the average low is 8.5 °C (47 °F).
The 2003 European heat wave saw the hottest summer recorded in Europe since at least 1540. [2] [3] France was hit especially hard.The heat wave led to health crises in several countries and combined with drought to create a crop shortfall in parts of Southern Europe.
Over 175 million people across the country are under some form of cold weather alert as the mid-Atlantic and Northeast ready for another round of rain and snow and southern states brace for frigid ...
Magaluf (/ m æ ɡ ə ˈ l uː f /, Catalan: [məɣəˈluf], Spanish:) is a town on the western coast of the island of Majorca. Known as a major tourist destination and holiday resort town , Magaluf is in the municipality of Calvià , which is likewise a popular package tour destination.
The wind brings in fine red dust, The fine white sand is not blown in from Sahara, It is made up of dead coral reef and local seabed upheaval. Visibility can drop to between 100 and 200 m (328.08 and 656.17 ft ) or even lower, and together with very warm temperatures, it can even bring African locusts to the island.
A powerful 7.6-magnitude earthquake struck the Caribbean Saturday evening, about 130 miles southwest of the Cayman Islands, which triggered a tsunami advisory that was later canceled.