Central Spain records temperatures of -25°C after snowstorm
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Re: Central Spain records temperatures of -25°C after snowstorm
#2Cold-blooded Canadian here, so forgive me for asking - is this highly unusual?
Re: Central Spain records temperatures of -25°C after snowstorm
#3In the mountains, at about 3k feet or 1k meters elevation. Yes, the headline is quite misleading. I expect more from the BBC.
From the article:
> The temperature plunged to -25C (-13F) in Molina de Aragón and Teruel, in mountains east of Madrid
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molina_de_Arag%C3%B3n
> Elevation 1,065 m (3,494 ft)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teruel
> Elevation 915 m (3,002 ft)
Re: Central Spain records temperatures of -25°C after snowstorm
#4A few days ago, someone posted a blog post here on HN [1] explaining the phenomenon which causes this: https://www.severe-weather.eu/global-weather/polar-vortex-co...
Re: Central Spain records temperatures of -25°C after snowstorm
#5Cold-blooded Canadian here, so forgive me for asking - is this highly unusual?
Spain is kinda prelude to Africa, at least climate-wise. It gets cold and snowy in the mountains during winter, but something like that is highly unusual in Madrid.
Re: Central Spain records temperatures of -25°C after snowstorm
#6Cold-blooded Canadian here, so forgive me for asking - is this highly unusual?
Madrid is generally considered one of the hottest places of Europe.
Re: Central Spain records temperatures of -25°C after snowstorm
#7In the mountains, at about 3k feet or 1k meters elevation. Yes, the headline is quite misleading. I expect more from the BBC . From the article: > The temperature plunged to -25C (-13F) in Molina de Aragón and Teruel, in mountains east of Madrid https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molina_de_Arag%C3%B3n > Elevation 1,065 m (3,494 ft) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teruel > Elevation 915 m (3,002 ft)
Even in Madrid it got down to -16C (average low for January is 2.7C).
Re: Central Spain records temperatures of -25°C after snowstorm
#8In the mountains, at about 3k feet or 1k meters elevation. Yes, the headline is quite misleading. I expect more from the BBC . From the article: > The temperature plunged to -25C (-13F) in Molina de Aragón and Teruel, in mountains east of Madrid https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molina_de_Arag%C3%B3n > Elevation 1,065 m (3,494 ft) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teruel > Elevation 915 m (3,002 ft)
THIS.
Plus, it is not that unusual. It happened 18 years ago already.
Re: Central Spain records temperatures of -25°C after snowstorm
#9Cold-blooded Canadian here, so forgive me for asking - is this highly unusual?
... and we wonder why so many Canadians move down south to California or Florida. Even cold-blooded reptiles like basking in the sun once in a while.
Re: Central Spain records temperatures of -25°C after snowstorm
#10Cold-blooded Canadian here, so forgive me for asking - is this highly unusual?
Spain almost never sees degrees below 0°C [1].