I'm sitting here, April 16 (as is everyone else) wondering why, indoors, wearing jeans long sleeved t-shirt and fleece, I'm still gradually going blue on the extremities - hands mottled, feet I know to be there but barely feel them. Windows struggling not to blow in, draughts through every crack, trees leaning over, even our pool solar panels were blown down and ripped yesterday. What IS going on? Will this ever end?

Embarrassed to say with my American geography that I'm not quite sure where you are, BUT I can certainly understand your complaint. Spring never comes soon enough.

Southern Spain - Andalucia. Among the hotter spots along the Med. However at the moment it's GLORIOUS sunshine and blowing a hooligan.... Spring flowers won't be enjoying it much, they're already out!

Glad to hear about the warm sun. 51 degrees and raining here, but no gales.

It's been very breezy down here in Velez since Friday, but nothing like as bad as you seem to be getting. Friday was the worst day when in places you had to struggle to walk against the wind and plant pots were being blown off roof terraces, since then it's been better but still quite a chill in the air. Forecasts we've looked at suggest it might last a couple more days yet. Nice and sunny though, and good for drying the washing as long as you put enough pegs on! I'll take this over rain given the choice.

We have had strongish winds in our area but nothing drastic.

Rosemary

A neighbour tells me we had hail a few hundred metres the other side of our ridge... and of course Maroma got a good covering of snow at the weekend. Since my first post, I've changed my UK fleece for a Finnish one!!!!!

Just been out to check for damage. About five yesterday we had a heavy storm, hail and rain followed by being enveloped in low cloud again. When it all cleared there was, and still is, snow on the hills to the North. It is still blowing hard, but no real damage, a couple of displaced roof tiles, and the mimosa, which was damaged in the February gales has had the damage exacerbated and looks like the only solution will be the chain saw. So sad it was a beautiful tree.

Last Thursday we had hail that sat in my courtyard 5 inches deep. My doors are only 2 inches above the courtyard so it was mop and bucket for a couple of hours cleaning up the water in my living room and kitchen. Mountains are today still covered in snow and the gales last night were sufficient to bring down many branches all over the place.

What gales? it's lovely down south

WOW kinda sounds like fun! Not the cleanup but 5 inches of hail. Sounds like Kansas

I know how you feel fionamw. I am in Valencia, Valencia and usually I am out tanning in the mornings on my terrace by now not in my house covered with a down blanket.
the wind blew down my fence and my pergola. so it has been an expensive start to the year already as I will have to replace both when time and money presents itself

the wind storm we had like a month ago, the police were in the park in front of us telling people not to go in cause branches were falling off the trees by the crazy winds.

where is my nice spring weather?? (i am sure in 2 months i will be dying of heat and complaining again... but im a girl.. its my lot in life to complain)

I hope it warms up for the end of the month as we are out for 3 weeks to our little house in sayalonga and I was hoping for sun.

Dahn sarf where exactly? Blowing it up a storm around and inland of Malaga, anyway..............


....and bob, there's plenty of sun, it's just the p-p-p-p-perishing chilly very strong winds that are the issue!

Not here - it's been blowing old boots for days - and cold. Today doesn't look too bad though - lets hope that's the end of it.