{"id":807735,"date":"2026-03-06T11:03:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T11:03:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/807735\/"},"modified":"2026-03-06T11:03:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T11:03:11","slug":"it-has-been-33-wetter-than-normal-in-spain-since-october-mallorca-gets-another-soaking-this-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/807735\/","title":{"rendered":"It has been 33% wetter than normal in Spain since October, Mallorca gets another soaking this week"},"content":{"rendered":"

Accumulated rainfall in Spain<\/a> since the start of the hydrological year in early October<\/strong> stands at 465 litres per square metre (l\/m2), according to data from the State Meteorological Agency (AEMET). This is 33% more than normal, which stands at 349 l\/m2. By area, rainfall exceeds the norm in most of the mainland, with the exception of a strip of the Cantabrian coast stretching from Asturias to the Basque Country and a small area in the interior of Aragon.<\/p>\n

Particularly noteworthy are the rainfall levels in the south-western quadrant of the peninsula, together with Extremadura, as well as in certain parts of the Mediterranean<\/a> coast and the Ebro delta. There, the accumulated rainfall far exceeds normal values and even doubles them.<\/p>\n

As for the islands, rainfall is above normal in both the Canary Islands<\/a> and the Balearics<\/a><\/strong>, except for the southern half of the Canary Islands, which has higher relief, and the eastern half of Mallorca<\/a>. The state agency indicates that during the period between 25 February and 3 March, rainfall affected the northern half and the east of the mainland, as well as the province of C\u00e1diz and Ceuta, although with maximums ranging between 20 and 30 l\/m2.<\/p>\n

In the Canary Islands, rainfall was more abundant. AEMET highlights the northern half of the islands with higher relief, especially in the interior of Tenerife, where rainfall exceeded 100 l\/m2. Among the accumulated rainfall at the main observatories, the state agency reports 124 l\/m\u00b2 in Iza\u00f1a, 59 l\/m\u00b2 in Tenerife\/Los Rodeos, 32 l\/m\u00b2 in Ceuta, 31 l\/m\u00b2 in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, 18 l\/m\u00b2 at Lanzarote airport and 17 l\/m\u00b2 in Vigo\/Peinador. It also notes that on the 4th, rainfall was recorded in the southern third of the peninsula and in the Canary Islands.<\/p>\n

And it is wet again this weekend in Mallorca<\/strong>. The rains caused by storm<\/a> Regina have left accumulated rainfall records in the last 24 hours of 43 litres per square metre in the Serra d\u2019Alf\u00e0bia (Bunyola), 22 l\/m\u00b2 in Banyalbufar and 20 at the UIB station in Palma. There were also 19 l\/m\u00b2 at the Son Torrella station in Escorca; 17 l\/m\u00b2 in Binissalem; 16 l\/m\u00b2 in Lluc and Son Bonet; and 15 l\/m\u00b2 in Arta, Santa Mar\u00eda and Ciutadella, according to the main data from the Balearic Islands regional centre of the State Meteorological Agency (Aemet) up to 9 a.m. on Friday.<\/p>\n

Other significant records were 13 l\/m\u00b2 in Col\u00f2nia de Sant Pere and Cala Galdana, 12 l\/m\u00b2 in Porreres, 11 in Sa Pobla, 10 l\/m\u00b2 in Pollensa<\/a> and 9 l\/m\u00b2 at Menorca airport. Rainfall has been less significant in the Pitiusas, where the highest figures are 3 l\/m\u00b2 in Formentera and 2 l\/m\u00b2 in Sant Joan de Labritja, Ibiza Airport and Sant Antoni de Portmany. The remains of storm Regina south of the Balearics continue to cause scattered showers on Friday, which could be accompanied by storms and, according to the Aemet forecast for Friday, could be extremely strong in both the Piti\u00fcses and Mallorca<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The maximum temperatures are expected to be between 14 and 18 \u00b0C. The wind<\/a> will blow from the south, from light to moderate. This evening, from 8 p.m. onwards, the Aemet will activate a yellow warning in the Piti\u00fcses for rough seas, with southerly winds of 50 to 60 km\/h (force 7) and waves of 3 metres.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Accumulated rainfall in Spain since the start of the hydrological year in early October stands at 465 litres…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":807736,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5312],"tags":[100364,2834,3045,2000,299,233544,2843,2838,2839,19309,233545,7212,104,16744,5006,741,30932,59345],"class_list":["post-807735","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-spain","tag-alert","tag-balearics","tag-canary-islands","tag-eu","tag-europe","tag-gale-force-mallorca","tag-latest-headlines","tag-majorca","tag-mallorca","tag-mediterranean","tag-pollensa","tag-rain","tag-spain","tag-storm","tag-tourism","tag-weather","tag-wind","tag-winter"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116181900043176368","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/807735","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=807735"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/807735\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/807736"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=807735"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=807735"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=807735"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}