This week, several cities have broken historical records for the warmest January nights ever recorded, including Alicante, which today experienced the hottest morning since the data series began in the city in 1854: 16.8º C. We must Go back to January 8, 1906 to find the second highest record (16.6º), while the third occurred three years ago, on January 29, 2021 (16.3º).
Records were also broken in Ávila, Cáceres and Salamanca, while Ceuta broke the record for the hottest January day, according to data from the State Meteorological Agency (Aemet).
This Monday Alicante recorded a minimum temperature of 16.8 degrees, exactly at 11:59 p.m., in what was the warmest January night since 1854. This is a value more typical of the end of May or beginning of June than mid-January.
According to Aemet, large areas of Spain will have “above normal temperatures these days, more typical of the month of March” until frost returns to the interior and north of the peninsula on Friday.
According to forecasts, this spring weather will continue at least until Friday, with maximum temperatures that will reach 23ºC at noon and minimum temperatures that will not drop below 13ºC. There could be an isolated shower this afternoon, but skies will be clear for the rest of the week. On the weekend temperatures will drop somewhat, ranging between 6º minimum and 16º maximum.
