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Date Published: 04/01/2022
ARCHIVED - Murcia sees hottest December in 61 years
December 2021 broke records in the Region of Murcia
The State Meteorological Agency (Aemet) has officially confirmed that this December has been the “warmest” in the past 61 years, with several places in Murcia ranking amongst the hottest in Spain over the Christmas holidays.
Aemet’s data confirm that the average temperature in December 2021 was 11.7ºC, which is 2.2 degrees higher than normal and 0.2 degrees hotter than the previous record of 11.5ºC, registered in both 1989 and 2015.
Some of the highest temperatures were registered in the period between Christmas and New Year, especially on December 27, when several municipalities reported temperatures of over 26º, including Águilas and Mazarrón. However, the single highest temperature in the Region was reached in Yecla on December 31; 26.9 degrees.
Although the exceptionally warm festive season has made the holidays more enjoyable for residents and visitors in Murcia, the same cannot be said for the crops in the Region, as the high temperatures have also brought the second driest December this century, after 2012 and 2015.
The average precipitation in the Region last month was 3.1 litres per square metre, which represents only 17% of the median. And the period between October 1 and December 31 was especially dry in general; the 11th driest since 1961.
In addition, this December did not see a single stormy day, with the average, between 2000 and 2020, being two days of storms and 45 electrical discharges.
However, the warm weather can’t last forever and a drastic drop in temperatures has been forcast for the beginning of January.
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