TEMPERATURES soared all over Spain this weekend, but are expected to drop again on Monday as rain sweeps across the mainland.
A depression coming in via the north-western region of Galicia will bring generalised showers and a fall of between 6ºC and 10ºC, lasting until at least Thursday, says the State meteorological agency, AEMET.
Today (Sunday) will continue to be hotter than average for the time of year, with temperatures in the shade ranging from 35ºC to 38ºC in Andalucía, Murcia, Extremadura and the south of the Comunidad Valenciana, and around the 30ºC mark elsewhere in the country with the exception of the north coast, where thunder storms are forecast.
Rain and thunder are expected to hit the rest of Spain by Monday, although may not reach the south and east coasts until Tuesday.
The cooler and wet climate is not expected to pass until Thursday, but once the official first day of summer arrives – the season change being due at exactly 05.04hrs on Friday, June 21 – the mercury will soar once again and the weather will be consistent for the time of year, meaning that inland in the south the temperature will shoot up to the high 30s and in the low to mid 30s on the south and east coast and in the Balearic Islands.
AEMET says the weather data it has to hand at present points to Spain having a 'normal' summer, with intense heat and little or no rainfall, despite fears earlier this month that the season would be considerably colder than usual.
