Alicante Climate

Rainfall is 336 mm per year, September and October being the wettest months due to torrential rains caused by the cold drop, which can reach over 200 mm in 24 hours, causing severe flooding. This irregularity is the reason that a year has only 37 rainy days.

The record maximum temperature is 41.4º C in Alicante on July 4, 1994; 41.2 º C on July 12, 1961; and 40.4º C on August 18, 1949. The record low temperature is -4.6º C on February 12, 1956 and -2.6º C on December 26, 1962 and January 3, 1971.

Records of precipitation in 24 hours are 270.2 mm on September 30, 1997 and 220.2 mm on October 19, 1982. Snow is an extremely rare phenomenon but has been presented on very rare cases, such as in January 1885, December 1926 (the biggest snowfall of the past two centuries throughout the city), and in January 1945. There were a few flakes in February 1983.

Alicante has an arid, Mediterranean climate, with mild temperatures throughout the year and little rain, concentrated in the areas near the Equator. Temperatures range between 16.8º and 6.2º C in January and 30.6° and 20.4° C in August, with an average annual temperature of 17.8º C, counted as exceptional as frost temperatures above 40º C.

The daily thermal oscillation is small due to the maritime influence, although episodes of the west wind can exceed 15º C. As to the annual oscillation, it is also reduced, so the winters are mild and summers are hot.