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 begins on Sunday, September 22 at 14:44 hours.
The delegate of the State Meteorological Agency has pointed out that the last quarter has been humid in terms of rainfall recorded in the region and the seventh warmest in temperatures of the reference period (1991-2020).
Precipitation
The average rainfall for the entire region during the summer was 37.0 liters/m², being much higher than the reference value for this quarter: 18.3 litres/m². We have therefore had, and on average for all of Extremadura, a surplus of 18.7 liters/m². In other words, in this quarter the rainfall represented 149% of the reference value.
The June-July-August quarter was the 7th wettest of the reference period (1991-2020), in Extremadura.
The balance of accumulated rainfall during the hydrological year (from October 2023 to August 2024) has also been classified as humid. An average of 685.8 litres/m² has been recorded, the reference value being 537.4 litres/m², that is, the rainfall recorded in the aforementioned period has resulted in a surplus of 148.4 litres/m². The precipitation of what we have been in the hydrological year 2023-2024 has already accounted, even in the absence of September, for 128% of the reference value.
Temperatures
In Extremadura, the average temperature of the quarter June-July-August 2024 has been 26.0ºC, while the average reference temperature is: 25.2°C, which means that we have had a positive anomaly of +0.8°C compared to the average value that allows us to classify this quarter as warm in terms of temperatures.
The June-July-August quarter was the 7th warmest quarter of the reference period (1991-2020).
Autumn forecast
For the months of September-October-November in Extremadura:
- There is a high probability that the temperatures will be higher than the reference climate values 1991-2020.
- There is a moderate probability that rainfall is lower than the reference climate values 1991-2020