December 2010 was one of the warmest months recorded in the last fifty years across the Canary Islands and was the third driest of the decade, according to the State Meteorological Agency (AEMET).
 
AEMET  has just confirmed that the final month of 2010 was one of the fifth warmest Decembers on record with average daily temperatures hitting  20.7º C on the coast and of 15.3ºC in central areas. And only December 2009 has exceeded these temperatures in the last decade.
 
In addition, with only an average of 41mm of rainfall, it was …

High winds and rain caused travel chaos in the western Canary Islands yesterday.  With 18 flights to La Palma and El Hierro cancelled. Most were inter-island flights connecting the smaller islands of La Palma and El Hierro with Tenerife, although one flight from La Palma was destined for Brussels but had to put down at Tenerife South.
The State Meteorological Office has issued an orange alert until Tuesday afternoon, as further high winds are anticipated, gusting up to 95 kilometres an hour in the peaks of Teide National Park.   With high …

Many long term island residents have claimed that the weather in Lanzarote used to be much hotter fifteen to twenty years ago.  With stories abounding about how shorts and flip flops were de-rigueur all year round.  But now these memories have been revealed as rather rose tinted – as according to official data Lanzarote is hotter now than ever before.
The report into Lanzarote´s weather over the last 48 years reveals that the annual average temperature has increased by 1.4 degrees Celsius since records began.  With 1997 identified as the warmest …