The territorial delegate of the AEMET in Extremadura, Marcelino Núñez, has today made public the climate balance of last spring season and the forecasts for the spring summer, which begins on June 21 at 11:44 a.m.
The delegate of the State Meteorological Agency has pointed out that the last quarter has been very dry in terms of rainfall recorded in the region and the second warmest in temperatures of the last 73 years.
Precipitation
The average rainfall for the entire region during the spring was 79.7 liters/m², being much lower than the reference value for this quarter that stands at 148.9 liters/m². We have therefore had, and on average for the whole of Extremadura, a significant deficit of 69.2 liters/m². In other words, in this quarter the rainfall represented 54% of the reference value.
The March-April-May quarter of 2022-23 was the 3rd driest quarter of the reference period (1991-2020), and the fourth driest quarter of the last 73 years (1951-2023) in Extremadura.
The balance of accumulated rainfall during the hydrological year (from October 1, 2022 to May 31, 2023) has been classified as normal. An average of 496.4 litres/m² has been recorded, the reference being 528.1 litres/m², that is, the precipitations recorded in the aforementioned period have accounted for only 94% of the reference value. The average balance for Extremadura in this hydrological year is a deficit of 31.7 liters/m².
Temperatures
In Extremadura, the average temperature of the March-April-May quarter of 2023 was 16.8ºC, while the average reference temperature is 15.0ºC, which means that we have had a positive anomaly of +1.8ºC compared to the average value that allows us to classify this quarter as very warm in terms of temperatures.
The March-April-May quarter of 2023 was the 2nd warmest quarter of the reference period (1991-2020) and also the 2nd warmest quarter of the last 73 years (1951-2023) that records are available.
Summer forecast
For the months of June-July-August 2023 in Extremadura:
- There is a greater probability that the average temperatures of the quarter will be higher than the reference values.
- There is a greater probability that the accumulated precipitation is higher than the reference values.