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Several roads in mountainous areas of Spain became impassable on April 20
The weather in Spain has been exceptionally unsettled so far this spring: March was pretty much a wash-out and April roared in with continuing storms and strong winds, punctuated in places with sunny skies and soaring temperatures during Easter week.
But the arrival of a new front over the peninsula this week has brought an unexpected cold spell, and much of the country awakened to a thick blanket of snow on Wednesday April 20.
“We are facing one of the most intense episodes of snowfall in the last 20 years in the environment of the central system for these dates,” explained Aemet spokesperson Ruben del Campo, who added that although snow isn’t unheard of at this time of year, it is very unusual for it to fall with such intensity.
“It is even possible to see snow in May,” he pointed out.
Faced with the heaviest flurry in two decades, the DGT acted in the early hours of Wednesday morning and closed off several mountainous roads that had already become impassable.
In Puerto de Navacerrada, between Madrid and Segovia, from Tuesday afternoon to noon the following day, 36cm of snow had accumulated, which constitutes the greatest depth of snow of the entire season.
In the capital itself, sections of the AP-6 highway were closed to traffic.
Elsewhere, the meteorologist highlighted the “unusually heavy snowfalls for the date” that occurred in the Aragonese Pyrenees and northern Spain, as well as “in mountainous areas of the province of Granada.”
Thankfully, things are looking up for Thursday April 21, with temperatures on the rise throughout most of Spain, and the rain that much of the country experienced earlier in the week will subside as the day goes on.
Image 1: 112 Comunidad de Madrid
Image 2: Aemet
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