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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]
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 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.
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 ...
[19] [20] These high temperatures, typical of the Guadalquivir valley are usually reached between 4 p.m. and 9 p.m. (local time), [21] tempered by sea and mountain breezes afterwards. [22] However, during heat waves late evening temperatures can locally stay around 35 °C (95 °F) until close to midnight, and daytime highs of over 40 °C (104 ...
Over the next week, a hot, strong sirocco wind contributed to the spread of extensive forest-fires. [ 16 ] [ 17 ] Five percent of Portugal's countryside and 10% of the forests (215,000 hectares [ 7 ] or an estimated 2,150 km 2 (830 sq mi)), were destroyed, and 18 people died in the flames.
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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.