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The conditions will be almost summer-like as temperatures rise even further over the coming days, as they reach between 5 to 10C above normal. Spanish website 20 minutos reports this weekend will continue with clear skies, no rain, but normal mimimim temperatures, so there will be a large difference between day and night. An anti-cyclone system is “staying for longer than usual” causing temperatures to rise.

Mar Gómez, meteorologist at eltiempo.es, said: “What happens is that when an anticyclone is so stagnant and it stays for so long, the temperatures tend to increase because of the solar radiation and, in addition, a warm air mass has entered from the south. “This blocking situation is atypical.” January was the third warmest month since records began at a global level, analyst Julián Morcillo at the National Prediction Centre of Aemet said. He said the current conditions are above what is expected in winter, however he assured it was not to do with climate change.

Europe weather: Temperatures are forecast to rise to 25C this weekend

Ms Gómez added: “It is a meteorological event, just like we had the cold weather last year on the same date.” But what experts have noticed is that climate change can be attributed to an upward trend in temperatures annually. Highs of 25C or higher are forecast in some areas of Andalusia this weekend. According to Ms Gomez the trend has lasted several days and will continue.

She said: “It’s because the anticyclone has been present for a long time, and now accompanied by the entrance of a warm air mass coming from the south.” The scorching temperatures are expected to continue until Monday, February 25. Rain below average in Spain Along with the summer-like conditions baking the Mediterranean country, Spain has seen rains below average since the beginning of the year. Rain only reached or surpassed the normal values in the extreme north of the peninsula.

Europe weather: An anticyclone is causing temperatures to rise

But in the rest of the country, rains are below average and in many areas not even half of the normal value was reached or even a quarter. Between October 1 and January 22 Spain usually gets 283 litres of rain per square metre, but this year the country has collected 252 litres According to data from the State Meteorological Agency, the water level is 11 percent less than average. February has been dry with “practically no rainfall recorded”.

Europe weather: The scorching temperatures are expected to continue into next week