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The autumn that ends has been the second warmest in Aragon since there are records

19/12/2023
The autumn that ends has been the second warmest in Aragon since there are records

* The delegate to Aragon of the State Meteorological Agency this morning reviewed the behavior of the year and of the season that ends and has advanced the forecasts for the next few days * The average temperature of the fall of 2023 has been 2.6°C above the usual. The autumn quarter has been extremely warm and very dry. The months of October and November stand out * “It has been a very warm year throughout Spain and in Aragón it has been one of the most affected areas”, said Rafael Requena, delegate of the Aemet in Aragón, remembering that until after the festivities of El Pilar de Zaragoza there were “almost summer” temperatures.

Winter begins this Friday, December 22, at 04.27, Peninsular Time. It will then end an autumn that, according to the records, has been in Aragon extremely warm.

This was explained by the delegate of the Aemet in Aragón, Rafael Requena, who today offered a press conference in which he reviewed the weather behavior of the station and the year that ends and has advanced the forecasts for the last days of 2023.

The autumn that ends has been the second warmest since there are records, in 1961, after the one registered the previous year. “It has been a very warm year throughout Spain and in Aragón it has been one of the most affected areas,” said Requena, remembering that until after the festivities of El Pilar de Zaragoza there were “almost summer” temperatures.

This quarter (from September 1 to November 30) has also recorded a temperature much higher than the average, specifically at 2.6°C, with the months of October and November extremely warm. The locations where the thermal anomaly record has been set in the quarter have been Tarazona, Montalbán and Hijar, with temperatures 3ºC above the average. At this moment, the frosts of the time have begun to be recorded.

As for the rainfall, it has been a normal autumn, after the anomalies of previous months. “Rainfall in the Pyrenean area has been more significant, compensating for the lack of rainfall in other areas,” said Requena.

For the next few days a stable situation is expected, with a front that will once again leave snow in the Pyrenees. The most significant will be the fogs until the end of the year, with some days of strong closure. In terms of rainfall, they will not be very frequent in the remainder of 2023.

The seasonal forecast is that we will have a winter with temperatures above normal, something that will be generalized throughout Spain. In terms of rainfall, it is most likely that they are above the normal in the Northwest Peninsula Quadrant, without there being a clear trend in Aragon and the rest of Spain. “We hope to have more Atlantic situations than Mediterranean ones,” said Requena.