Spain's Climate and Weather
Spain’s climate is very unique because of
its large size of land and where it is located. Spain has an ocean to the east and west of it,
one part is only 13.4 kilometers away from Africa and it has many mountains. All of this changes the weather and climate of
Spain. With the water causing precipitation in places closer to the oceans,
colder temperatures near the mountains and warmer temperatures farther away
from water. Having a larger area of land the climates and weather also vary a
great deal. There are five major ‘Climate Zones” in Spain they are:
Continental, Mediterranean, Oceanic, Mountain and Arid.
1. Continental Climate: The largest climate area
in Spain. The winter’s are cold with possibilities of snow, rain in later
spring time and summers are quite hot, but in the Northern parts also rainy.
2. Mediterranean Climate: Very small climate zone. Its winters are
warm/mild and the summers can be different temperatures depending on their
location, but tend to be hot dry summers. There is not a great temperature
change between summer and winter temperatures.
3. Oceanic Climate: Covers the northern coast and
north-western area of Galicia. Its climate and weather consist of lot’s of
rain. In the winter aren’t too cold and its summers are warm but not very hot.
4. Mountain Climate: In the areas with larger
mountains in the northeast, northwest, southeast. They have cold winters and a
mild summer, which can be warm but also can be cold with chances of snow!
5. Arid Climate: Area of Murcia and a small
corner in the southeast. This climate zone tends to be quite hot and also dry;
this is where Spain’s “desserts” can be found.
FUN FACTS: There are about
10000 storms in an average year! The
lowest temperature is predicted to be approximately lower than -40c in the
Aragonese Pyrenees.
