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High temperature weather alert for the Canaries

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The Meteorological Agency (AEMET) has raised to yellow the alert for high temperatures expected tomorrow, Tuesday 11th October 2011 for temperatures over 36 degrees Celsius in the Canary Islands. The alert will remain active between 10.00 and 19.00, will mainly affect mountainous areas. Temperatures of up to 36 degrees will affect the islands of Gran [...]

High temperature alert for the Canary Islands

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The Meteorological Agency (AEMET) has raised the alert level to ‘orange’ for high temperatures in Fuerteventura and Lanzarote, until 17.00 today, Monday 20th June 2011, for temperatures exceeding 37 degrees Celsius. The south of Gran Canaria’s ‘yellow’ warning remains for temperatures up to 34 degrees. Looking to tomorrow 21st June 2011, the ‘orange’ warning also [...]

Canaries coldest day in 40 years

The average temperature in the capital cities of the Canary Islands (Santa Cruz de Tenerife and Las Palmas de Gran Canaria) didn’t exceed 14 celcius yesterday (14th March 2011), making it the coldest day since 1971. Villages above 1.400 metres remained below zero. The last two nights have been the coldest this winter and one [...]

Temperatures reach freezing in the Canaries

Snow and sleet has now stopped falling over the summits of Gran Canaria, La Palma and Tenerife. Temperatures have fallen to 0 degrees, blocking access roads to El Teide and the Caldera and the Pico de Las Nieves There are ice sheets on the roads and heavy rain in many spots of the Canary Islands. [...]

Weather alert update

The weather alert for all islands except Tenerife has been downgraded to ‘orange’ as the high winds of up to 170km/h have not materialised. However, Tenerife continues to be on maximum alert. All schools, colleges and universities remain closed and many governmental meetigns have been postponed. The airports of La Gomera, El Hierro and La [...]

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