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Alpujarras weather trends in 2011 from our Lanjaron meteo station

admin — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 19:54:06 +0000

At the end of the year it is always interesting to look at the extremes, averages and trends in the years weather. Our weather station in Lanjaron, Alpujarras has provided the following information for 2011 (2010 figures in brackets).

Temperatures – nothing too different on the maximums and minimums, but interesting to note that 2011 was far more extreme overall than in 2010. The number of times the temperatures exceeded 30 or were less than 10 were much more than in 2010.

Rainfall much higher in 2010, but that was an exceptional year.

View all the Alpujarras climate data since 2006

Temperatures

Max High 36.3 (2010 38.2)
Min Low 0.3 (2010 0.0)
Average temp 15.8 (2010 16.0)
Average max 27.6 (2010 26.7)
Average min 7.1 (2010 7.1)
Max temperature over 30 degrees on – 48 days (2010 – 26 days)
Min temperature under 10 degrees on – 154 days (2010 – 114 days)

Rainfall

Total precipitation 442mm (2010 720mm)
Days when precipitation over 2.5mm – 37 days (2010 – 42 days)

Wind

Maximum gust 61 km/hr (2010 61 km/hr)
Average maximum gust throughout the year 22.6 km/hr (2010 – 26.3 km/hr)
Average speed 2.4 km/hr (2010 3.2 km/hr)
Average wind direction – 265

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Alpujarras Weather Records September 2011

admin — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 10:22:14 +0000

A summary of the weather high and lows, ups and downs, for September 2011 from the Alpujarras Weather Station based in Lanjaron is shown below.

Highlights – the highest temperature was 32.6 (lowest 11.7 ). A total of 1.8mm of rain fell over 2 days. The highest wind gust was 42.5kmh.

Previous year - the highest temperature was 28.7 (lowest 11.8 ). A total of 30.4mm of rain fell. The highest wind gust was 53.6kmh.

Full summaries are shown below or visit the full statistical weather data.

Links to the station which is live on the internet during daylight hours can be found below.
Visit the Lanjaron weather station live datafeed - live interactive weather station data.
View past weather records and climate data since 2005 – useful for comparison purposes
Sierra Nevada Mountain Weather Forecasts - essential reading for mountain goers!

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Alpujarras Weather Station Records for August 2011

admin — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 08:20:12 +0000

A summary of the highs and lows for August 2011 from our weather station set in Lanjaron, Alpujarras, Andalucia. Links to the station which is live on the internet during daylight hours can be found below.

Records for the month of August 2011

Alpujarra Weather Station August 2011

You may also be interested in:
Visit the Lanjaron weather station live datafeed
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Sierra Nevada Mountain Weather Forecasts

Alpujarras Weather Station records for July 2011

admin — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 05:46:05 +0000

A summary of the highs and lows for July 2011 from our weather station set in Lanjaron, Alpujarras, Andalucia. Links to the station which is live on the internet during daylight hours can be found below.

Records for the month of July 2011

alpujarras-weather-records-july-2011

You may also be interested in:
Visit the Lanjaron weather station live datafeed
View past weather records
Sierra Nevada Mountain Weather Forecasts

Alpujarras Weather Station records for June 2011

admin — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 07:15:11 +0000

A summary of the highs and lows for June 2011 from our weather station set in Lanjaron, Alpujarras, Andalucia. Links to the station which is live on the internet during daylight hours can be found below.

Records for the month of June 2011

alpujarra-weather-station-june-2011

You may also be interested in:
Visit the Lanjaron weather station live datafeed
View past weather records
Sierra Nevada Mountain Weather Forecasts

Alpujarra Weather Station Records for March 2011

admin — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 12:22:56 +0000

A summary of the highs and lows for March 2011 from our weather station set in Lanjaron, Alpujarras, Andalucia. Links to the station which is live on the internet during daylight hours can be found below.

Records for the month of March 2011

alpujarras-weather-records-march-2011

You may also be interested in:
Visit the Lanjaron weather station live datafeed
View past weather records
Sierra Nevada Mountain Weather Forecasts

Alpujarras Weather for your iPhone or Android Smartphones

admin — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 10:45:23 +0000

Get Live Weather, Records, Graphs, Webcam and Forecasts for the Alpujarras region of southern Spain direct to your iPhone, Android or Smartphone.

Our Davis Vantage Pro weather station here in Lanjaron, in the Alpujarras, has been operating now for some 3 years and provided us with much information and records about the weather patterns here. Now we have prepared a smartphone version integrating readings from the station, utilising software developed by Sietse Vissar.

Alpujarras smartphone weather

Available is the following data…………. (temperatures, humidity, rainfall, wind)

Current weather summary - ie whats happening now!
Live Weather – Detailed breakdowns of current weather
Historical weather data – for the past hour, day, week, month etc
Graphs – Detailed graphs for the past hour, day, week, month etc
Webcam – Our up to date webcam view of Lanjaron refreshed every minute
Forecast – 10 day forecast from the reliable yo.no
Weather Station locator on Google Maps

Settings – there are many settings for displaying the readings (eg degrees C or F). In addition you can change language to spanish as well as many other languages.

Just point your smartphone browser to http://www.spanishhighs.co.uk/smartphone/ and bookmark it to your homepage.

……… and voila!

We have tested this on most smartphones successfully, but have had some trouble getting it to function correctly on Symbian based Nokia phones. Any feed back would be welcomed.

Alpujarras Weather Station Records January 2011

admin — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 11:21:10 +0000

A summary of the highs and lows for January 2011 from our weather station set in Lanjaron, Alpujarras, Andalucia. Links to the station which is live on the internet during daylight hours can be found below.

Records for the month of January 2011

alpujarras-weather-records-january-2011

You may also be interested in:
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Sierra Nevada Mountain Weather Forecasts

Dont forget to book your spanish holidays 2011 early. Lanjaron gets very busy for it’s easter festivals and spring in the Alpujarras is a pleasant time to visit. We can assist with finding hotel and apartment accommodation.

Alpujarras Weather Station Records for 2010

admin — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 18:01:50 +0000

A summary of the highs and lows for 2010 from our weather station set in Lanjaron, Alpujarras, Andalucia. Also includes the weather data for December 2010. Links to the station which is live on the internet during daylight hours can be found below.

Summary of Weather Extremes for 2010

alpujarra-weather-station-records-yearly-2010

Records for the month of December 2010

alpujarras-weather-station-records-dec-2010

You may also be interested in:
Visit the Lanjaron weather station live datafeed
View past weather records
Sierra Nevada Mountain Weather Forecasts

Alpujarras Weather Station Records September 2010

admin — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 08:44:00 +0000

Our weather station in Lanjaron, Alpujarras, Andalucia, recorded the following weather data for August 2010. Links to the station which is live on the internet during daylight hours can be found below.

Records for the month of September 2010

alpujarras weather station sept 2010

You may also be interested in:
Visit the Lanjaron weather station live datafeed
View past weather records
Sierra Nevada Mountain Weather Forecasts