Madridboy

Just seen the news that 30 areas in Spain are on alert for heavy snow falls. Who's in these areas and who is/isn't looking forward to it?

Madridboy

http://www.rtvcyl.es/fichaNoticia.cf...B387CA216298FA
looks so pretty, feels so damn cold.

michaleen oge

just looked at the mountains opposite our village and they are covered in snow. they don't usually have snow on there until mid jan and then through february,so looks as if it is going to be a long and cold winter.
wrap up warm when you go out like i did tonight,,,three layers,scarf,overcoat,leather gloves and a warm husky for company. then watch you don't slip.

Grebo

Well I got the warm husky Just need the snow.

Madridboy

There was a very chilly wind on my way home from work today. Tonight I'm having the GSD on my side of the bed, OH can have the Labrador.

steviedeluxe

It's still rare to have snow settle in Madrid city though (maybe once a year)? Looks great on the surrounding hills (some great views from the north of Madrid), but at least you're spared the stuff in the city streets. The slush that turns to ice and back again is horrible. As for the general cold of winter, maybe a glass of anis de Chinchon to warm your inner snowman?

Madridboy

You're not kidding, I looked in disbelief last January when I awoke and saw the snow. I'd only been in Madrid 2 months and after spending the last 3 years in Benidorm area I was amazed at how cold it gets here in winter.

Casa Santo Estevo

We have some , but only in the high mountains.
http://www.lavozdegalicia.es/galicia...3316971894.htm
http://www.lavozdegalicia.es/fotos/2...3075471288.htm
But I personally would not write home about it as it does not seem so much....yet

rachelk

The first year I lived in Córdoba it snowed in the city centre for the first time in 36 years.

The 2nd year it snowed again.

There wasn't a third year. I moved.

HBG

Although we live on the coast, winter has now arrived. It’s funny, it’s almost an overnight change. The shorts are put away and the long trousers are back in the wardrobe, the carpets are down, the windows are shut overnight and both the dogs and ourselves were all shivering earlier. The expensive heaters take ages to warm the place up.

Yet the sun was out all day and the temperature’s still at 13 degrees. I blame Spain, it makes softies out of us northern Europeans. Our skins might have become browner, but they’ve got thinner at the same time.

jackytoo

I saw snow twice this year in Madrid. Jan and Feb. In Jan we were delayed for 6 hours because of ice on the runway.

manamama

I am probably the most northern and there's no snow up here (yet).

I know someone who has driven from Castrillon to Asturias today and he said it was snowing in Leon.

Brrrr - it is cold up here though.

chrisfromusa

Well gotta remember geography is important to climate as well not just latitude. Northwest Spain has a British Isles climate and the interior is more continental plus you gotta factor in elevation differences and Spain's land differs a lot in elevation from low plains to highlands in like 80% of the country.

Anyway, how much does it snow in the interior? I want to live in Spain after I graduate from university here and wanna live in places like Madrid, Extremadura, C-L, C-LM, and Navarra

Madridboy

Might be a bit liberal and left wing for you over here, you are aware there are free thinking people and gays in Spain! Maybe you could run for Presidency and take off where Franco left off.

chrisfromusa

Oh well I'm sure if the Catholics in Spain can cope with it I'll be fine living in a small commuter town