Normally, by this time of year, people are beginning to complain about the heat here in the Balearics, but no, we are al wingeing about the cold.
Brace yourself for “coldest summer” in 200 years:experts
Palma.—Temperatures for this time of year are between 1ºC and 1.5ºC below the norm and the French weather channel Meteo has forecast that this summer will be the worst on record in Western Europe since 1816 – known by meteorological experts as “the year without summer”. France’s main weather channel has announced that there is a 70 percent chance of this summer being cold and wet across Spain, France, Portugal, Germany and Austria.
Cold fronts
Cold maritime fronts and weak solar activity during the winter months have not only given us a chillier Spanish spring than normal, they’re also going to make the summer months unusually dreary and rainy.
According to Meteo, June and July are only likely to have short periods of summer heat which will in turn bring heavy storms in August. September and October are likely to register higher average temperatures and less rain, the French weather agency announced yesterday. “The year without summer”, 1816, is not an old wives’ tale.
Overcast skies and cold temperatures across the northern hemisphere led to severe crop failures and food shortages in France, England, Ireland and the US during the summer months of that year.
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