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The highest temperature recorded during the month was 23.1 Celsius (73F) on the 13th, but there was only 1 other day, the 28th with a high of 20.7 Celsius (69F), when the temperature exceeded 20 Celsius (68F). On most days, maxima were between 16 and 19 Celsius (61-66F), but on 6 days the maximum failed to reach 16 Celsius (61F). A total of 5 of these cooler days occurred during the first half of the month, including a high of just 13.8 Celsius (57F) on the 11th. However, the coolest day of the month was the 17th with a high of 13.4 Celsius (56F).

There were only 2 mild nights during February with minima above 13 Celsius (55F), the 5th, with a minimum of 13.3 Celsius (56F), and the 28th with a low of 13.8 Celsius (57F). There were 12 nights when the temperature fell below 10 Celsius (50F), but only 5 nights had minima below 8 Celsius (46F). The coolest nights were the 2nd/3rd and the 22nd/23rd with each having a minimum reading of 5.8 Celsius (42F).

The sea temperature remained at 14 Celsius (57F) throughout the month.

Rain in Malaga
There were 16.6 millimetres (0.7 ins) of rain measured during February, and this was only around 25% of the long-term average for the area. Measurable rain occurred on 8 days, around normal for the month. There was light rain on the first morning of the month, but there was not enough to measure. Further rain fell on the afternoon of the 3rd, but the total for the day was less than 1 millimetre (0.04 ins). After a dry day on the 4th, rain fell on each of the following 5 days. However, amounts were negligible on the 5th, and with less than 1 millimetre (0.04 ins) measured on both the 6th and 7th. Outbreaks of rain on the evening of the 8th amounted to 2.5 millimetres (0.1 ins), and a damp day on the 9th, with periods of rain and drizzle, produced a total of 6.1 millimetres (0.2 ins).The 10th was another dry day but light rain during the afternoon and evening of the 11th gave another 0.3 millimetres (0.01 ins). A similar total occurred after overnight rain on the 16th, but spots of rain on both the 17th and 18th were too few to measure. The last rain of the month occurred before mid morning on the 24th when 5.8 millimetres (0.2 ins) were recorded.

Thunder
No thunderstorms were observed in the Malaga area during February.

Wind
It was another breezy month with gusts exceeding 20 knots (23 mph) on 15 days. The wind was predominantly from the northwest, except on the 5th, when breezes were light and variable or from the southwest, and on the 23rd when an early onset of a sea brreze led to to south, southeasterly breezes dominating. The lightest winds generally occurred in the first half of February. However, gusts exceeded 20 knots (23 mph) on 5 days, including a gust of 32 knots (37 mph) on the 10th. The end of February was particularly breezy with 9 out of the last 11 days having gusts of 20 knots (23 mph) or more.

Fog
No fog was observed in west Malaga.

Statistics for February 2014

Climatology for February

The highest temperature recorded during the month was 22.2 Celsius (72F) on the 26th, but there were 3 other days, the 3rd,4th and 15th, when the temperature rose above 20 Celsius (68F). During the first half of January the temperature rose above 15 Celsius (59F) on each day, but on the 17th the temperature only rose to 13 Celsius (55F), the coolest day of the month, and there were then 4 further days, the 19th, 20th, 29th and 30th, when maxima failed to reach 15 Celsius (59F).

There were several mild nights during January, and on 4 occasions minima were above 13 Celsius (55F). The mildest night was the 14th/15th with a low of 13.8 Celsius (57F). There were 13 nights with temperatures falling below 10 Celsius (50F) including 5 consecutive nights beginning on the 5th/6th. However, only 7 of the cooler nights had minima below 9 Celsius (48F), and just 2 nights had low below 7 Celsius (45F). The 16th/17th had a minimum of 6.7 Celsius (44F), but the coolest night of the month was the 8th/9th when the temperature fell to 5.8 Celsius (42F).

The sea temperature occasionally dipped to 13 Celsius (55F) after rain, otherwise it remained at 14 Celsius (57F) throughout the month.

Rain in Malaga
There were 40.7 millimetres (1.6 ins) of rain measured during January, and this was about 60% of the long-term average for the area. Measurable rain occurred on 9 days, around 1 day more than normal. There was light rain early on the 4th, and a few spots of rain fell before dawn on the 11th with light rain during the afternoon. However, on each day the total was a mere 0.3 millimetres (0.01 inches). On the 13th, rain fell late in the morning and through until mid afternoon. A total of 3 millimetres (0.1 in.) was measured, but after light rain again on the 16th, more significant rain occurred on the 17th. Over 6 millimetres (0.2 in.) was collected in the rain gauge,with more than 5 millimetres (0.2 in.) on the following day. Heavy rain fell in the early hours of the 19th, and the 14 millimetres (0.55 in) measured made it the wettest day of the month. The 9 millimetres (0.4 in) of rain that was collected on the 22nd mostly fell overnight, as did the the 2 millimetres (0.1 in.) recorded on the 29th. The last rain of the month occurred on the morning of the 31st, but although it dampened the ground it was too light to measure.

Thunder
The only thunderstorms observed in west Malaga were over the sea to the southeast on the evening of the 17th with distant thunder and some vivid lightning displays.

Wind
It was a breezy January, but apart from on the 2nd, when winds were light and variable, and the 17th, when a moderate east-southeasterly blew, the direction was entirely from the northwest. On many days the wind was moderate or fresh, and on 15 days there were gusts in excess of 20 knots (23 mph), including 7 consecutive days from the 24th. On 2 of these breezier days there were gusts above 30 knots (34 mph), with 36 knots (41 mph) recorded on the 19th, and 35 knots (40 mph) measured on the 27th.

Fog
No fog was observed in west Malaga.

Statistics for January 2014

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Climatology for January