In Spain, there is no indication that Christmas is just around the corner, despite the fact that there are only a few days left until Christmas dinner is served.
Summer temperatures are being reported in several places in the country.
With a whopping 29.9 degrees in the Spanish holiday city of Málaga, Tuesday was the hottest December day recorded in mainland Spain since measurements began in 1942.
– You can travel there in July and risk that it is colder than what was measured on 12 December. That it can be 30 degrees at this time of year is completely wild, says meteorologist in Denmark, Sebastian Pelt, to Danish BT.
White Christmas? Here the chance is greatest
– Madness
The previous heat record for the month of December was 29.4 degrees, and was recorded in Granada in 2010.
– To surpass a record by so much is madness. But there are heat currents coming from North Africa, and in North Africa it has been extremely hot, explains Pelt.
The meteorologist points out that temperatures in Spain have been high all year, and that new records were also set this summer.
In August, a total of 46.7 degrees was measured in the Spanish city of Valencia – 3.4 degrees warmer than the previous record.
Now comes the mild weather
Cold shock in Norway
In Norway, however, it has been bitterly cold for several weeks.
The Meteorological Institute warned earlier this week of cold shock in parts of the country, before the usual plus degrees are reached during the weekend.
– There will be a northerly wind across the country, so the temperatures will drop. On Wednesday, it is likely that we can reach -30 degrees in the coldest places both in the south and in the north, the meteorologists wrote on X/Twitter.
On Friday afternoon, however, the meteorologists report that the mild weather is in full swing. But outside Norway it is still freezing cold: in Eastern Siberia it is a whopping 49 degrees below zero. In Mongolia, the thermometer shows 45 degrees Celsius, while in Canada it is 35 degrees Celsius.
With mild weather at full speed across Norway, one might wonder where the cold got its way? 🤔
Not unexpectedly, we find the cold:
📍in northern Canada with -35 degrees
📍in Mongolia with -45 degrees
📍Eastern Siberia with -49 degrees 🥶 pic.twitter.com/hYsFU3alot— The Meteorologists (@TheMeteorologen) December 15, 2023
Warmest year in history
Despite the cold in Norway, the global heat record for November was beaten by a large margin. 2023 will be the hottest year on record, according to scientists.
The figures from the EU’s climate monitoring service C3S were presented on Wednesday last week.
November became the sixth month in a row with temperatures at record high levels. In the same way as in September and October, the margin to the previous record was very large.
Thus, there is no longer any doubt about what the outcome will be for 2023 overall, according to C3S deputy director Samantha Burgess:
– 2023 is the warmest recorded year in history.
2023-12-15 21:07:21
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