It’s not often, nor copious, nor lasting.
Snowing in the Canary Islands, in their mountainous areas is appearing in almost every colder winter, but there were winters when any snowflake in the islands wasn´t observed.
Usually, just the Teide, being the tallest mountain in the country, though La Palma sometimes gets it and even Gran Canaria should get a few snowflakes.
On 26. January 2022, Teide showed a snow-covered image with a white blanket from the summit to its slopes.
The presence of ice sheets and rain with snow on the road motivated the Cabildo de Tenerife to cut off the access roads to the national park from 2400 meters (Ramón Caminero) to the peak (Parador del Teide).
A significant accumulation of snow was also recorded in Izaña and on the peaks of La Palma. The environment of Roque de Los Muchachos, located at an altitude of more than 2400 meters in the village of Garafía, woke up this Wednesday with an ice layer and sub-zero temperatures.
According to AEMET, minimum temperatures are oscillating between a maximum of 20°C on Tenerife and minimum temperatures of 12°C on El Hierro Island.
The northeast winds were intense on the northwest and southeast slopes. The was blowing on the southwest coast and a light to moderate north wind on the peaks.
According to the next several reports, snow with dirt and the haze returns to the Canary Islands íin the next days from the NW-African continent.
Meanwhile, Molina de Aragon, Spain, around 1000 MASL, reported in the last 2 weeks thanks to the strong Azores high and extremely dry air minimum temperatures between -11/-7°C /https://ogimet.com/cgi-bin/gsynres?ind=08232&ano=2022&mes=1&day=27&hora=0&min=0&ndays=30/.
Snow in the last period appeared in Ain Sefra, Sahara, too /https://mkweather.com/snowing-in-sahara-is-more-and-more-frequent-4-of-5-snowfalls-in-ain-sefra-algeria-occurred-after-2016-including-the-last-days-batna-algeria-70c//.
Meanwhile, extremely cold weather hit in the last days Italy /https://mkweather.com/103c-near-siracusa-italy-the-coldest-january-day-in-the-hottest-part-of-europe-in-history//; Turkey and Greece /https://mkweather.com/antalya-mugla-and-dalaman-turkey-with-the-first-snowfall-since-1993-a-country-with-the-strongest-power-outages-in-history/; https://mkweather.com/the-worst-blizzard-in-greece-since-1968-athens-50-cm-istanbul-turkey-36-cm-of-snow-florina-173c-and-a-rare-tornado-near-a-snow-covered-island// or Balkan /https://mkweather.com/possible-absolute-temperature-records-in-parts-of-bosnia-and-herzegovina-sitnica-295c/; https://mkweather.com/a-peak-of-winter-2021-2022-in-balkan-karajukica-bunari-serbia-311c/; https://mkweather.com/a-historic-siberian-winter-in-balkan-montenegro-with-an-all-time-national-record-kosanica-334c//.
Extreme frosts hit the Middle East, too, with big problems with refugee camps /https://mkweather.com/300c-in-iraq-children-in-refugee-camps-are-crying-from-extreme-winter/; https://mkweather.com/extreme-frosts-hit-kurdistan-397c-in-turkey-and-274c-in-iran-gaziantep-with-05-meters-of-snow-3000-vehicles-stuck-in-a-blizzard/; https://mkweather.com/extreme-frosts-hit-the-middle-east-damascus-syria-80c-turaif-saudi-arabia-60c-kirkuk-iraq-47c-nekhel-egypt-45c/; https://mkweather.com/syria-lebanon-several-children-dead-in-refugee-camps-after-a-snowstorm-israel-with-severe-floods//.
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