May heat in the middle of February. For this Wednesday, a general increase in temperatures is expected in almost the entire country, except for the maximum in the southern half of the Mediterranean coast, and the minimum in the Central and Iberian system where they will drop, according to the forecast of the State Meteorological Agency. (Aemet).

Among the maximum values, the 26 degrees of Almería, Seville and Santa Cruz de Tenerife stand out; the 25 of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria or Seville; or the 24 of Granada or Córdoba.

They will be above 20 degrees in Bilbao (23), Badajoz (23), Ciudad Real (21), A Coruña (22), Girona (22), Jaén (22), Huelva (23), Murcia (23), Ourense (22), Pontevedra (23), Teruel (21), San Sebastián (21) or Málaga (23).

The frosts are restricted to the Pyrenees and in an isolated and unlikely manner, the agency points out in its forecast, to other mountainous environments in the center and north of the peninsula.

Overcast skies are expected in Galicia, western Asturias and northwest Castilla y León, with the possibility of some weak rainfall, more likely in the northwest half of Galicia. In the rest of the country, cloudy intervals with low morning clouds on both plateaus, the Ebro and Mediterranean areas and tending to remain with high clouds.

The wind will blow from the south in Galicia, Cantabria and Ampurdán; of an eastern component on the coasts of the southern peninsula, with strong easterly intervals in the Strait; weak variable in the rest of the country, predominating the eastern and southern components; and in the Canary Islands it will tend to the northwest.

This early spring will be interrupted on Thursday, when the entry of a front that will especially affect the northwest of the peninsula is expected, “with moderate rainfall that will affect the northern half of the peninsula throughout the day,” according to the spokesperson. of Aemet, Cayetano Torres.

The rains could spread, with less probability over large areas of the Southern Plateau and the northeast of the peninsula. They are not expected in the Balearic Islands or in the peninsular Mediterranean area.