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View of the snowy mountain in Alicante. Miriam Gil
January Ends in Alicante as a 'Very Warm' Month Despite Experiencing the Coldest Week in Nearly Two Years

January Ends in Alicante as a 'Very Warm' Month Despite Experiencing the Coldest Week in Nearly Two Years

Aemet highlights the episode between the 13th and 20th | To find lower temperatures than those days, one must go back to March 2023

Óscar Bartual Bardisa

Alicante

Miércoles, 5 de febrero 2025, 10:12

With the first month of 2025 concluded, the State Meteorological Agency (Aemet) has released its initial assessment of January, revealing a situation similar to that of 2024: high temperatures and a lack of rainfall in southern Alicante.

Aemet explains that this month "has been very warm" across the entire region and the province of Alicante, despite experiencing the coldest week in nearly two years. This episode saw temperatures plummet, bringing snow and frost from January 13th to 20th.

One must go back to March 2023 to find lower temperatures than those recorded on those days. "Despite the very warm nature, there was a notable cold spell between January 13th and 20th, which, although it cannot be classified as a cold wave

nor were the temperatures extreme, on average it was the coldest week since March 2023," explains the meteorological agency in a thread on 'X'.

All this was not enough to prevent the average from reaching 9.6 degrees, 1.5 degrees above the reference climatological mark. Thus, Aemet recalls that towns like Pego or Orihuela broke records during the two major warm peaks that occurred on the 11th and 27th, with the latter being the most intense. As a result, temperatures exceeded 27 degrees, with some localities breaking their highest figures for January.

"Both January 11th and 27th had record average temperatures in the Community for the corresponding series of each day," emphasizes Aemet, which has shared several graphs on its social media illustrating this rollercoaster of temperatures experienced in January.

Lluvias en enero

Regarding rainfall, 40% of the entire region experienced a "dry or very dry" month, especially areas in southern Alicante and the Marina Baixa and Vinalopó. This contrasts with the north of the province, where Aemet describes January 2025 as "wet or very wet."

The rains from the Levante storm on January 16th and 17th brought persistent moderate intensity precipitation, with occasional heavy showers. This resulted in about 141 litres per square metre in northern Alicante in localities such as l'Orxa.

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