It is September 29, the Catholic saints commemorate Saint Michael and, beyond what religion marks for this date, this day is recognized among the population of our country for something much less bombastic. When many Spaniards think of San Miguel, they immediately come to mind that little ‘veranillo’ that they love so much and that is nothing more than a punctual and marked rise in temperatures, generally ephemeral, that gives us the feeling of back to enjoying an August that never ends.
But the reality is that it is only an illusion. He calendar does not deceive and, although the summer of San Miguel arrives every year to give us a breather in the first days of cool atmosphere, the autumn has officially arrived y After the punctual heat, we will have to need the same jacket that we have put on this Thursday to go out… Because no matter how much San Miguel is, the weather this Thursday end of september It has nothing to do with summer.
Does this mean that this 2022 there will be no ‘Summer of Saint Michael’? The answer is no. This year the ‘Veranillo de San Miguel’, which in other countries is known as the ‘Summer of the Archangels’ or ‘Veranillo del quince’, It’s a little late, but it will come.
The State Meteorological Agency (AEMET) anticipates that next Sunday temperatures rise to between 5 and 10 degrees Celsius above what is usual for this time of the year giving way to what in popular culture is known as the ‘summer’. Of course, from Saturday, October 1, the rise in thermometers will be noticeable, so it could be said that it is just with the arrival of October when this phenomenon begins.
A more pronounced change in the continent
As every year, this 2022 the ‘summer of San Miguel’ will be more noticeable in areas with a continental climate, since in the archipelagos and the rest of the territories near the sea, such as the Mediterranean strip of our country, the temperatures are less changeable during the year. However, in inland areas the difference between summer and autumn temperatures are much more pronounced, something that favors the feeling that “the weather is crazy” when phenomena like this one that is about to come occur… Well, in a matter of two days we will go from wearing jackets and long pants to having to return to sleeveless shirts.
The AEMET forecast for the weekend
Although this Thursday the maximum temperatures will not exceed 20 degrees in Madrid, 16 in Oviedo, 23 in Jaén, 17 in Huesca, Bilbao, León, Valladolid and Burgos, 19 in Girona and A Coruña nor 21 in Guadalajara, on Saturday the thermometers will take a first turn.
By then, the AEMET foresees maximums of 24 in Madrid, Malaga, Melilla, Palencia, Guadalajara, Huesca, Cuenca, Teruel and Valladolid; 26 degrees in Zaragoza, Castellón and Almería; from 27 in Cáceres, Alicante, Cádiz and Valencia, and up to 30 in Badajoz.
At 30, a purely summer temperature, the Sunday Toledo and Ciudad Real, in Almería it will reach 31in Córdoba at 35, in Granada at 34 and in Jaén at 33. Touching the third ten they will stay with 29 degrees in maximum in Zaragoza, Guadalajara Teruel and Murcia; and with 28 in Cádiz, Castellón, Cuenca, Girona, Madrid, Pamplona, Valladolid and Salamanca.
