The territorial delegate of the AEMET in Extremadura, Marcelino Núñez, has today made public the climate balance of the last summer season and the forecasts for the autumn, which will begin on Saturday, September 23 at 08:50.
The delegate of the State Meteorological Agency has pointed out that last quarter has been humid in terms of rainfall recorded in the region and very warm, the 2nd warmest summer of the reference period (1991-2020).
Precipitation
The average rainfall for the entire region has been: 36.8 litres/m², being much higher than the reference value: 18.3 litres/m².
We have therefore had an average surplus of 18.5liters/m². In other words, in this quarter the rainfall represented 201 percent of the reference value.
The June-July-August quarter of 2023 was the seventh wettest of the reference period (1991-2020), in Extremadura.
The balance of accumulated rainfall during the hydrological year (from October-2022 to August-2023) has also been classified as normal. An average of 533.2 litres/m² has been recorded, the reference being 537.4 litres/m², that is, the precipitations recorded in the aforementioned period have accounted for only 99 percent of the reference value. The average balance for Extremadura that has been accumulated, in this hydrological year, is a slight deficit of 4.2 liters/m².
Temperatures
In Extremadura, the average temperature of the quarter June-July-August 2023 was 26.3ºC, while the average reference temperature is 25.2°C, which means that we have had a positive anomaly of +1.1º C with respect to the average value that allows us to classify this quarter as very warm in terms of temperatures.
The June-July-August quarter of 2023 was in Extremadura and on average the second warmest summer of the reference period (1991-2020) and the third warmest summer of the last 43 years.
Autumn forecast
For the months of September-October-November 2023 in Extremadura:
-There is a moderate probability that the temperatures will be higher than the average values of the reference period 1981-2020.
-There is a greater probability that rainfall is higher than the climatological values of the reference period 1981-2020.