Alpujarra Weather Station at http://www.spanishhighs.co.uk/weatherlive/index.php
Weather Summaries at http://www.spanishhighs.co.uk/weather.html

I have never known such rainfall before and the records here bear that out. Almost everybody I know had leaks. It was incredible. The spanish dont measure in mm or Inches, they measure in how many litres fall in a square metres per hour. There may be conversions around however if you research the net.

Anyway, I hope the jpg files below assist you in your battle with the hyenas from the Insurance Establishment. Good luck! Let me know how you go on.

Regards
Richard

I have just come across your excellent web site the information is excellent for us skiers….

I live in the Alpujarra between Cadiar and Murtas and I was away over Xmas and New Year this year.
Whilst I was away I understand there were extreme weather conditions, like an enormous amount of rain over Xmas which caused the mud roof on my solar batter store to cave in under the abnormal amount of rain. It shorted out my inverter and knackered my batteries….
The reason for my email is that my insurance company is refusing to pay for the damage because, according to them, there was bless than 40 litres per metre.

” Estos daños no tienen cobertura al no haberse superado en la zona los 40 litros por metro cuadrado y hora establecidos como límite en el apartado 3.3 del Condicionado General.”
I have only been here a few months and my Spanish is not good and I wondered if you may be able to tell me where I can find historical precipitation data for this area as I don’;t happen to agree with the insurance company. I never had any problem with the roof even in very heavy storms.
The friend who was feeding my cats and who has lived here for 5 years said the rainfall was extreme.
Any help you may give would be very much appreciated.
Thanks in advance
Graham Peckham