An October warmer than normal

This October will go down in history as one of the warmest in recent years. And not by the highest recorded last Monday, when the mercury topped 33 degrees in Seville, 27.7 in Madrid and 28 in Valencia, but by the "high minimum" that are taking place at night in the Peninsula.

The blame for these "night sweats" has had a stream of warm, moist air led to the formation of clouds, which prevented the earth cooled. "This is an October warmer than normal, but we have a perfect record in regard to high temperatures because, for example, Sevilla was 33 degrees yesterday, while the October 1, 2004 recorded 36.6 º "said Angel Rivera, a spokesman for the State Meteorological Agency (AEMET).

"However, we can talk generally about record high minimum temperatures, especially in the middle of the Peninsula and in Castilla-León" said Rivera. "A stream of warm, humid air made it possible for the land was not cool at night and the nighttime lows were so high last week.

And while the highest temperature recorded an October at the Observatory of Madrid-Barajas is the year 1930, when the mercury reached 30 °, on Monday said the same observatory 27.7 º. The 26.7 º lived Barcelona fall from October to two degrees warmer lived in Barcelona, which dates from 1971. Also on Monday, Valencia scored 28.3 º peak, while in 1981 came in this month to 34.6 º.

Heat a little softer and the lack of rain (except in the Mediterranean and Balearic Islands) will be the keynote this next week as there is an anticyclone. "You have to wait until Tuesday or Wednesday of next week to see if there is any indication that it might enter some time to come the Atlantic," said spokesman AEMET.