THIS weekend's warmer climes are 'not an indication that summer has started' and are a mere 'respite' from the cooler temperatures, rain and wind seen throughout the month of May, says the met office.
In the south, the Mediterranean belt and in Madrid, the mercury has crept just above 20ºC between Thursday and Sunday and may hold out until Tuesday or Wednesday, when turbulent conditions are due back on the mainland.
Only the Canary Islands and the Guadalquivir valley in the Sevilla area have seen temperatures of 30ºC or more.
From Wednesday or Thursday this coming week, temperatures will fall again and skies will be overcast with possible showers throughout the mainland and the Balearic Islands, and especially in the north and inland, says the State meteorological agency, AEMET.
But this will not be the same 'unseasonable cold weather' seen during May, says AEMET – it is 'a different dynamic' and 'a turbulence more appropriate to spring in Spain'.
For the moment, sunbathing and bikini weather is not due for a while, the met office confirms, but says it is 'unlikely' that predictions of a cold summer will come true.
