Monthly Reviews

The average maximum temperature during July 2018 in Malaga was 30.2 Celsius (86F), and that was 0.8 Celsius (1.5F) above normal for the time of year. The average minimum temperature was 20.7 Celsius (69F), and that was 1.1 Celsius (2F) below normal for July.

The highest temperature recorded during the month was 36.8 Celsius (98F) on the 20th, but there were 4 other days when the temperature exceeded 35 Celsius (95F), but there were only 10 other days when the temperature exceeded 30 Celsius (86F).On many days (15) the temperature rose to between 25 and 30 Celsius (77-86F), but there was 1 cooler day, and that was the 24th when the temperature only reached 24.7 Celsius (76F).

There were no exceptionally warm nights during July, but on 2 occasions the temperature stayed above 23 Celsius (73F). On the 11th, a minimum of 23.8 Celsius (75F) was recorded, but the warmest night of the month was the 29th with a low of 25.9 Celsius (79F). On most nights (16) the temperature fell to between 20 and 22 Celsius (68-72F), but there were several rather cool nights. There were 10 nights when the temperature dipped below 20 Celsius (68F), including 3 with minima below 19 Celsius (66F). The coolest night was the 17th when a low of 17.9 Celsius (64F) was measured.

The sea temperature fluctuated during July, often in a short space of time. On many days a value near 22 or 23 Celsius (72-73F) was recorded, but on a few days, particularly during the first week, and again around mid month, the sea temperature fell to 18 or 19 Celsius (64-66F). By way of contrast, during the last week of July values of 24 Celsius (75F) occurred.

No rain fell in west Malaga during July, and it was also even sunnier than normal. On 14 days, there were no clouds whatsoever, with very little cloud observed on a further 9 days.

Thunder

No thunder was heard in Malaga during July.

Northwesterly winds dominated on 20 days during July, but with sea breezes from either the southeast or southwest occurring on most afternoons. Breezes were mostly light or gentle, but with the occasional brisker southwesterly wind blowing along the beach. The highest gust was 20 knots (23 mph) from the northwest on one of the hotter days, the 30th.

There was no fog observed in west Malaga during July, although misty low cloud was observed on the morning of the 23rd.

Reporting Station	Highest Temp	Lowest Temp	Rain Total (mm)	Wettest	Rain days
Malaga Airport	39.9	18.3	0	0	0
Granada Airport	43.0	12.2	0	0	0
Almeria	36.3	17.2	0	0	0
Seville	39.1	16.1	0	0	0
Cordoba	40.5	16.3	0	0	0
Jerez de la Frontera	38.6	12.8	0	0	0
Murcia	40.7	20.2	0	0	0

Climatology for July

Reporting Station	Extreme High Temp	Extreme Low Temp	Average Rain (mm)	Extreme Wettest day (mm)	Average Rain days
Malaga Airport	44.2	10.0	2	22	<1
Granada Airport	45.7	6.4	4	24	<1
Almeria	41.2	12.0	1	9	<1
Seville	46.6	11.4	2	47	1
Cordoba	46.9	11.0	3	23	1
Jerez de la Frontera	44.7	9.8	2	31	<1
Murcia	45.7	13.0	5	11	<1

The average maximum temperature during June 2018 in Malaga was 27.2 Celsius (81F), and that was 0.2 Celsius (0.5F) above normal for the time of year. It was the first month this year with maximum temperatures above normal. The average minimum temperature was 18.9 Celsius (66F), and that was 0.4 Celsius (1F) below normal for June.

The highest temperature recorded during the month was 29.8 Celsius (86F) on the 12th, but there were 4 other days when the temperature exceeded 29 Celsius (84F), with a further 7 days having highs above 28 Celsius (82F). On the remaining days maxima were between 25 and 28 Celsius (77-82F), but with 4 exceptions. On 3 of these days, highs were below 24 Celsius (75F). The 16th, with a top temperature of 23.3 Celsius (74F) was the last of these cooler days. A similar maximum occurred on the 2nd, but the coolest day of the month was the 1st, when the temperature only reached 22.2 Celsius (72F).

There were several fairly warm nights during June, and on 8 occasions minimum temperatures were above 20 Celsius (68F). All of these warmer nights occurred after the 17th, with the highest minima of 21.7 Celsius (71F) occurring on 2 nights, the 27th/28th and the 28th/29th. After the 17th, there were no minimum temperatures below 19 Celsius (66F), but earlier in the month there were a number of cool nights. On 5 nights the temperature fell below 17 Celsius (63F), including the first 3 nights of the month. Only 2 nights had lows under 16 Celsius (61F), but the reading of 14.2 Celsius (58F) on the morning of the 3rd, was the lowest in June since records began in 2005.

The sea temperature, around 16 or 17 Celsius (61-63F) at the beginning of the month, rose only slowly during the first 2 weeks of June, but the rise then accelerated, and towards the end of the month the sea temperature reached a much more acceptable level of 22 or 23 Celsius (72-73F).

No rain fell in west Malaga during June.

Thunder

No thunder was heard in Malaga during June.

Northwesterly winds dominated on 20 days during June, but with sea breezes from either the southeast or southwest occurring on most afternoons. Although it was often quite breezy during the first half of the month, and especially during the afternoons when southwesterlies blew along the beach, the rest of June had light or gentle winds. The site is sheltered from southwesterly gusts, but northwesterly gusts exceeded 20 knots (23 mph) on 2 occasions early in the month, with the highest gust of 23 knots (26 mph) recorded on the 11th.

There was no fog observed in west Malaga during June.

Reporting Station	Highest Temp	Lowest Temp	Rain Total (mm)	Wettest	Rain days
Malaga Airport	34.1	12.9	0	0	0
Granada Airport	40.7	10.1	4	4	1
Almeria	36.7	14.3	12	8	3
Seville	39.3	13.6	1.4	1	2
Cordoba	40.0	12.8	3	3	1
Jerez de la Frontera	37.6	10.3	5	3	3
Murcia	34.7	13.2	22	11	5

Climatology for June

Reporting Station	Extreme High Temp	Extreme Low Temp	Average Rain (mm)	Extreme Wettest day (mm)	Average Rain days
Malaga Airport	41.0	9.8	12	73	2
Granada Airport	41.5	5.0	17	68	2
Almeria	38.8	12.6	10	63	1
Seville	45.2	8.4	13	55	2
Cordoba	45.0	7.0	17	43	2
Jerez de la Frontera	42.0	7.0	13	47	2
Murcia	42.5	8.0	20	64	2

The average maximum temperature during May 2018 in Malaga was 23.6 Celsius (75F), and that was 0.3 Celsius (<1F) below normal for the time of year. The average minimum temperature was 15.1 Celsius (59F), and that was 1.1 Celsius (2F) below normal for May.

The highest temperature recorded during the month was 28.8 Celsius (84F) on the 9th, but there were only 4 other days when the temperature rose above 25 Celsius (77F). Maximum values were 27.0 Celsius (81F), 26.4 Celsius (80F), 27.7 Celsius (82F), and 28.0 Celsius (82F), on the 10th, 12th, 27th and 28th respectively. On all other days, bar 1, the temperature rose to between 21 and 25 Celsius (70-77F). The exception was the first day of the month when the maximum temperature was only 19.3 Celsius (67F).

There were no particularly warm nights during May, but minimum temperatures were above 17 Celsius (63F) on 5 nights, including lows of 17.9 Celsius (64F) on the 9th and 18.2 Celsius (65F) on the 27th. There were many cool nights during May, but of the 13 nights with minima below 15 Celsius (59F), only 4 occurred after mid month. The coolest nights were during the first week and around mid month. There were 5 occasions when the temperature fell below 13 Celsius (55F). The first 2 nights of the month had lows of 12.2 Celsius (54F) and 10.6 Celsius (51F) respectively, with 3 consecutive nights, beginning on the 14th, also having minimum temperatures below 13 Celsius (55F).

The sea temperature, around 16 Celsius (61F) at the beginning of the month, rose slowly to 18 or 19 Celsius (64-66F), but steadily fell to 16 or 17 Celsius (61-63F) during the last week of May. Interestingly, the unusually warm weather in Denmark, has led to higher sea temperatures close to Copenhagen at the end of May than those recorded around the western Mediterranean.

There were 6.2 millimetres (0.24 ins.) of rain during May, and that was less than 30% of the average. Rain fell on 5 days, and that was 1 above the monthly average. Showers in the afternoon made the first day of the month the wettest, but only 2.5 millimetres (0.1 in.) of rain fell. Evening showers were responsible for another 2.3 millimetres (0.1 in.) on the 8th, before a lengthy spell of dry weather occurred. This ended on the 21st when a light afternoon shower gave 0.3 millimetres (0.01 ins.) of rain. The 23rd and 24th each had a few drops of rain, but not enough to measure, and the showery rain in the early hours of the 25th only totalled 0.8 millimetres (0.03 ins.). The last rain of the month was once again caused by an afternoon shower, but with only 0.3 millimetres (0.01 ins.) recorded.

Thunder

There were 3 days with thunderstorms in west Malaga during May, but none of them were very significant in this area. The first one occurred during the mid afternoon showers on the 1st, with a short-lived thunderstorm on the evening of the 8th. Distant thunder was heard on the afternoon of the 21st, but no precipitation was associated with the storm in this part of west Malaga.

Northwesterly winds dominated on 23 days during May, but with sea breezes from either the southeast or southwest occurring on most afternoons. Generally , it was quite breezy, especially during the afternoons when southwesterlies blew along the beach. As mentioned in previous articles, the site is sheltered from southwesterly gusts, but northwesterly gusts exceeded 20 knots (23 mph) on 3 occasions, with the highest gust of 24 knots (28 mph) recorded on the 12th.

There was no fog observed in west Malaga during May.

Reporting Station	Highest Temp	Lowest Temp	Rain Total (mm)	Wettest	Rain days
Malaga Airport	28.7	9.6	15	10	6
Granada Airport	29.3	0.9	39	12	10
Almeria	32.1	12.9	1	1	2
Seville	30.2	8.8	14	12	5
Cordoba	31.1	7.6	27	25	4
Jerez de la Frontera	29.8	7.0	3	3	2
Murcia	31.2	12.0	17	9	4

Climatology for May

Reporting Station	Extreme High Temp	Extreme Low Temp	Average Rain (mm)	Extreme Wettest day (mm)	Average Rain days
Malaga Airport	35.0	5.0	25	44	3
Granada Airport	38.4	-0.2	28	57	4
Almeria	34.8	8.4	14	44	2
Seville	39.1	3.8	34	45	4
Cordoba	40.1	2.4	34	44	5
Jerez de la Frontera	38.2	5.0	37	74	4
Murcia	38.5	5.0	32	35	4