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Date Published: 20/01/2022

ARCHIVED - Half of Spain on alert for freezing temperatures: weather update January 20

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Murcia and Valencia are on alert for temperatures as low as -8ºC

<span style='color:#780948'>ARCHIVED</span> - Half of Spain on alert for freezing temperatures: weather update January 20

After weeks of spring-like temperatures, Spain has been experiencing a more seasonable cold snap in recent days and the occasional sub-zero temperatures will persist throughout Thursday January 20. Alerts are in place mainly due to minimum temperatures that could plummet as low as -8ºC in 18 provinces and warnings have been issued in coastal communities due to wind, according to Aemet.

The most widespread adverse weather phenomenon this Thursday will be for minimum temperatures dropping to between -4ºC and -8ºC in Huesca, Zaragoza, Teruel, Segovia, Soria, Zamora, Albacete, Cuenca, Guadalajara, Ciudad Real, Murcia, Barcelona, Girona, Lleida, Valencia and Alicante.

Cloudy skies are expected in the extreme north of the country with scattered light rainfall in the eastern Cantabrian Sea and the Pyrenees, which is also on alert for snowfall at an altitude of 700 to 800 metres.

Cloudy intervals are also forecast along the Mediterranean coast and some weak and isolated showers can be expected in the Balearic Islands later in the day. The maximum temperatures will tend to drop in mountainous areas of the northern and southeastern half of Spain.

Inland areas will start the day with some frost but in general, temperatures across the country will be close to the normal values for this time of year.

In the Canary Islands, a yellow warning has been activated in La Palma due to heavy rains, while on the eastern islands high clouds will predominate.

Much of the country will be exposed to winds from the north or northeast on Thursday, and weather warnings continue for freezing temperatures in the Region of Murcia at least until tomorrow.

Image: Aemet

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