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Early summer hot spell to hit Spain in time for sanctioned weekend walks

Across Spain people who have been in lockdown since March 14th are keenly anticipating the first sanctioned walks that they can make in the open-air this weekend.

Published: 29 April 2020 15:08 CEST
Early summer hot spell to hit Spain in time for sanctioned weekend walks
Temperatures will hit the mid-30C over the weekend. Photo Eltiempo.es

Dog owners have been allowed to leave the house to take their pets for short necessary walks and children were only released for the first time last Sunday but May 2nd is the day when restrictions will be lifted to allow adults outside to stretch their legs.

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The first outings outdoors, apart from those trips to buy essential supplies or seek medical care, coincide with a rise in temperatures that will see some parts of Spain sizzle in unusually warm weather for the time of year.

 

This video by Eltiempo.es shows the mass of warm that will sweep in from the west that will see much of Spain see temperatures above 25C reaching 36C in the Guadalquivir Valley.

 

Rubén del Campo, the spokesman for Aemet said that after several months marked by persistent wet and rainy weather, the change will come with the start of May.

But he warned people to be careful when they went outside for the first time in more than six weeks because they wouldn’t be used to the sun or high temperatures. “The sun burns even at midday,” he warned.

 

 

 

 

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Norway to get a taste of summer with 20C days this week

Summer is finally here! Or least it is if you live in southern Norway, where a warm front coming up from Europe will bring t-shirt temperatures of 20C by Thursday, according to forecasts.

Published: 30 April 2024 08:42 CEST
Norway to get a taste of summer with 20C days this week

Warm air from southern Europe will combine with a high pressure zone which will bring clear skies and sunshine, with summery weather coming towards the end of the week, Norway’s national weather forecaster Yr has reported. 

“Thursday and Friday especially will be nice,” Ingrid Villa, a meteorologist at the Norwegian Meteorological Institute, told the public broadcaster NRK. “Then we will probably get temperatures of over 20 degrees Celsius in some places.” 

Patches of 20C warmth are expected both in western Norway around Bergen and in Western Norway around Oslo, with the area around Tromsø expected to have slightly cooler weather, although Villa said that “it will absolutely be something like summer there too”. 

The warm sunny weather is, however, expected to pass northern Norway by, with grey overcast skies expected for much of this week. 

But if you think summer has come to Norway to stay, you risk disappointment as much cooler temperatures are expected next week.  

“There’s nothing unusual in getting an early taste of summer in April and the start of May, and then we can quickly go back to cooler more spring-like weather,” Villa said. 

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