This July has been the coolest in Spain since 2002, with an average
temperature of 23.3C over the country as a whole, 0.1C below the 1971-2000
average. Overall rainfall at 18mm was below the long-term average of 23mm.

However, these figures hide wide regional variations.
Parts of NW Spain were between 1 and 2 degs below 'normal', while parts of
the SE had an anomaly of more than +2 degs with Murcia-San Javier recording
a new July record average of 27.0C.
Unlike recent years, no really extreme temperatures were recorded, with the
highest being 40.6C on the 6th at Murcia-Alcantarilla.

Rainfall also showed a marked regional character, with the northern coast
and the coast of Catalonia being wetter than usual (with some parts
exceeding 300% of normal), while large parts of the centre and SW received
less than 25% of normal rainfall (with almost no rain at all in many parts).
Girona airport (Costa Brava) had 106.7mm on the 26th, doubling its previous
July record rainfall for a single day.

Further details (in Spanish) at:
http://www.aemet.es/es/noticias/2011...ogicojulio2011

In article ,
Gavino writes:
This July has been the coolest in Spain since 2002, with an average
temperature of 23.3C over the country as a whole, 0.1C below the 1971-2000
average.
snip

It's interesting that a mean only marginally below the 1971-2000 average
should also be the coolest since 2002. That suggests that July in Spain
has been a lot warmer over the last ten years than hitherto.
--
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In article ,
Gavino writes:
This July has been the coolest in Spain since 2002, with an average
temperature of 23.3C over the country as a whole, 0.1C below the
1971-2000
average.
snip

It's interesting that a mean only marginally below the 1971-2000 average
should also be the coolest since 2002. That suggests that July in Spain
has been a lot warmer over the last ten years than hitherto.

Global warming (whatever its cause) has meant that temperatures since 2000
have tended to exceed previous average levels.
The previous three July figures (anomaly with respect to the 1971-2000
average) we
2010 +1.8
2009 +1.1
2008 +0.2
I don't have access to all previous years figures, but July 2007 was
"slightly above average", 2006 had an anomaly of +2.6 and both 2003 and 2005
were certainly warmer than 2009.