Climate of Spain

it is possible to consider the Climate of Spain as one of its main natural resources. On number of sunny days in a year Spain together with Italy and Greece divides the first place in Europe. Almost all Spain is had in a subtropical belt and on the environment as a whole is close to other Mediterranean countries, but at the same time differs also a significant originality. It is bound first of all to isolation of Iberian peninsula from other Europe, affinity of the African continent, and also complex agency of a mountain landform and two huge aquatories - Atlantic ocean and Mediterranean sea. On bolshej parts of Spain, especially at its east coast, a climate typically Mediterranean, with dry hot summer, in the soft rainy winter, in the early spring and in the long warm autumn. Rains happen more often in the form of short winter showers.

in the Summer in Spain the continental air masses acting from the south - from tropical latitudes of the North Africa and from the north - from strong nagretyh regions of southeast Europe predominate. Average temperatures of the hottest month attain (July) 18-20 °C in north and northwest coastal areas and 26 °C at the Mediterranean coast. In southern Spain till 200 days in a year the daily average temperature is not hauled down more low 25 °C.

The Freshness and a cool in a hot season are brought at coast by breezes - the winds which are reversing direction depending on a time days. In the afternoon breezes blow from the sea on a land, and at night - from dry matter on the sea. Breezes õàðàêòåðíû in the core for summer months, happen in the spring less often and is and more more rare - in the winter in the autumn.

In the Winter in Spain descends the western transmission of air masses, therefore the big role plays the wet marine air of moderate latitudes acting together with cyclone separators from Atlantic. Average temperatures of January from 8-10 °C in northern and average part, to 10-12 °C in the southern.

in the Winter to the Mediterranean it is possible to test roasting breath sirokko (torrents of dry tropical air from deserts of the North Africa è Arabias, times with a dust and sand large quantity). The Relative humidity of air brought by such winds, is very small - all 5-8 %, and sometimes even 2 %. If blows
sirokko, in air it is almost always kept pulverulent a smoke, in the afternoon it seems yellowish, and at rising and a sunset - brown-red. Passing over the sea, sirokko it is sated with a moisture, therefore in a northeast part of the Spanish Mediterranean the warm and wet wind - bolhorno blows. Such wind brings cloudy weather ñ drizzles, and sometimes blows at the cloudless root, both in that and in other case happens very stuffly. Bolhorno acts on people and animals óãíåòàþùå also it is considered one of the most unpleasant phenomena of weather. Dry sirokko, despite a heat, it is tolerated rather easily.

By quantity and allocation of falling out deposits all terrain of the country can be divided into wet Spain (the north and the northwest) and dry (central, southern and east regions). Deposits in wet Spain (to 900 mm a year) fall out in the course of the year in regular intervals enough, their quantity decreases in the summer some. In dry Spain the annual rainfaill does not exceed 500 mm, and they fall out mainly in the spring and in the autumn.

In allocation in the course of the year numbers of cloudless days in different parts of terrain of Spain also exist strong differences. Ìèíèìàëüíîå the quantity of sunny days (30 days in a year) is observed at northwest Atlantic coast while at coast of Mediterranean sea almost the sun (more than 150 days in a year) all year long shines.

Monthly average temperature of air (°s)

Monthly average temperature of water (°s)