This years annual weather review has been released.
From the DDM 2012 se despide como un año seco y ligeramente cálido - Diario de Mallorca.
Here is the Google translation :-
At 12 hours and 12 minutes today officially started the winter, a season that runs until March 20 and, according to numerical forecasting models, is expected to be "normal in terms of temperatures and precipitation" . The territorial delegation of the State Meteorological Agency on its balance sheet summarizes meteorological this 2012 is dismissed as a dry year and slightly warmer.
Specifically, over the past twelve months has rained 20 percent less. It is true that the first quarter and have been rainy fall but spring and summer dry closed. The temperatures this year have been two tenths higher average and among the most remarkable phenomena included the snow in early February was the second largest since 1956, as the white flakes arrived at sea level, left several people incommunicado and road closures. Besides the extremely low temperatures were five degrees with maximum and minimum in Palma between zero and four degrees negative on the coasts and the six below zero within Mallorca. The record low temperature was recorded on February 13 in Escorca with -9.4 degrees. Summer, highlights the heatwave in late June when the maximum temperature reached all summer. It was in Colonia de Sant Pere with 40.6 degrees. Also interesting to note the continuing heat wave in the second half of August.
Fall leaves with three caps of fibló registered on August 30 in Calvia, on September 12 in Lluc and October 12 in Sineu. In a statement, the territorial delegation Aemet took stock of this season just dismiss. Thus, the fall of 2012 was slightly warmer with four tenths temperatures above normal was normal since September, October and November eight tenths warm with temperatures above usual and early December 15 were very cold. As for rainfall, the station is now closed with a balance bouncing slightly rainy as rainfall has been a five percent higher. The rainiest month is November, which in Ibiza and Formentera was the third wettest since records began. Instead, Menorca just slightly deficit with 25 percent less.
For months, it was very dry September, October and November rain rainfall downloaded almost 90% more than usual. Instead, these 20 days of December have been characterized by very dry, with 60% below normal. In this season, there have already been two snowfalls: October 27 at the Puig Major and on 28 November the snow caught on over 700 meters. Other significant fall are the storm and torrential rains of October 12 were recorded in Sineu 106.4 liters per square meter in one hour and gusts of 107 kilometers per hour.