The territorial delegate of the AEMET in Extremadura, Marcelino Núñez, has today made public the climate balance of the last autumn season and the forecasts for the winter, which begins on Friday, December 22 at 4:27 a.m.
The delegate of the State Meteorological Agency has pointed out that the last quarter has been very humid in terms of rainfall recorded in the region and the fourth warmest in temperatures of the reference period (1991-2020).
Precipitation
The average rainfall for the entire region during the autumn has been: 304.0 liters/m², being much higher than the reference value for this quarter: 184.9 litres/m². We have therefore had, and on average for the whole of Extremadura, a significant surplus of 119.1 liters/m². In other words, in this quarter the rainfall represented 164% of the reference value.
The September-October-November quarter of 2023 was the 5th wettest of the reference period (1991-2020), in Extremadura.
The balance of accumulated rainfall during the hydrological year (from 1-October-2022 to 31-November-2023) has also been classified as very humid. An average of 248.8 litres/m² has been recorded, the reference being 167.2 litres/m², that is, the rainfall recorded in the aforementioned period has resulted in a surplus of 81.6 litres/m². The precipitation of what we have been in the hydrological year 2022-2023 has therefore accounted for 149% of the reference value.
Temperatures
In Extremadura, the average temperature for the September-October-November quarter of 2023 was: 18.2°C, while the average reference temperature is: 17.0ºC, which means that we have had a positive anomaly of 1.2ºC with respect to the average value that allows us to classify this quarter as very warm in terms of temperatures.
The September-October-November quarter of 2023 was the 4th warmest quarter of the reference period (1991-2020).
Winter forecast
For the months of December-January-February in Extremadura:
- There is a greater probability that the temperatures will be higher than normal climatological values
- There is a greater probability that the rainfall will be higher than normal climatological values; especially in Cáceres, not so much in Badajoz, where they may remain normal values.