Central Spain records temperatures of -25°C after snowstorm

Post by Teckla » Tue, Jan 12, 2021, 9:34 PM UTC

throwawyeverytm wrote: post #41

guidedlight wrote: post #13

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We are also entering a solar minimum, the last one was linked to a “little ice age” in Europe. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maunder_Minimum I don’t know how climate change will affect this. But we might be in for an interesting few years.

> The Maunder Minimum occurred with a much longer period of lower-than-average European temperatures which is likely to have been primarily caused by volcanic activity.[citation needed]

Post by waheoo » Tue, Jan 12, 2021, 9:35 PM UTC

PeterisP wrote: post #38

cs702 wrote: post #11

For those accustomed to US/Imperial units, -25×9÷5+32=-13°F. Temperatures in Madrid dropped to -16°C (3°F). As others here have mentioned, these temperatures are unusually low for January in this region of Spain. They are the kinds of temperatures one would have seen in January during the "Little Ice Age" between the 15th and 19th centuries.[a][b][c] Let's hope this unusual drop in temperature is just a "one-off" rar…

It absolutely is an example of things to come - scenarios like this are caused by the weakened polar vortex that generally separates European weather from Arctic weather; the polar vortex has become weaker over the last years because of recent climate change / regional warming, and it is strongly expected to become even weaker in the coming decade(s), making weather like this more frequent.

Post by tgv » Tue, Jan 12, 2021, 9:37 PM UTC

renedet wrote: post #53

Where's the global warming(lie)?

Post by [deleted] » Tue, Jan 12, 2021, 9:38 PM UTC

cs702 wrote: post #39

tpmx wrote: post #3

In 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)

Mentioning elevation without any context or reference to historical temperatures is not very helpful. Consider updating your comment.

Post by bobthepanda » Tue, Jan 12, 2021, 9:38 PM UTC

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Yeah I am one of those cold blooded Canadians. Weird thing is if you look at what's going in Canadian real estate, the shitty weather is not reflected in price at all. Weather and the high cost of living in all the major Canadian cities (compared to the average tech income) were the two main reasons wife and I decided to move down South. Don't regret it for a moment.

> Weird thing is if you look at what's going in Canadian real estate, the shitty weather is not reflected in price at all. Some Chinese investor needing a safe heaven for their assets (and/or, in case some purge happens like with Jack Ma, for their family) that can't be seized at random by the CCP does not care at all about the weather, only about the country showing a spine to China. That is why the real estate mark…