Monday, 01 February 2016 09:55

Gran Canaria Weather: Another Sunny Week, Farmers Start To Panic

Gran Canaria will be sunny this week with some high cloud Gran Canaria will be sunny this week with some high cloud www.photosgrancanaria.com

FEBRUARY 2016, WEEK ONE: The rain forecast for last weekend hardly showed up in Gran Canaria and this week will be mostly sunny. 

The skies this week over most of Gran Canaria will be blue with a few high clouds (not enough to stop you getting a tan on the beaches). 

Temperatures this week will be about standard for winter in Gran Canaria: Up to 28ºC on the beaches during the day and dropping to 17ºC late at night.

Drought in south Gran Canaria

There is still no sign of any rain heading towards Gran Canaria; This winter has been one of the driest on record and south Gran Canaria hasn't had significant rainfall since 2012. With the ground dry and reservoirs at minimum levels, south Gran Canarian farmers are warning about a lost year unless they get rain in the next six to eight weeks. 

The main cause is a high-pressure system that's been sitting over North Africa all winter and keeps swatting away any bad weather that heads towards the islands. There is no sign of this changing, at least for the next couple of weeks.

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    The single most common question we get in the Gran Canaria Info group is...

    What is the weather going to be like during my holiday?

    The answer is almost always the same: If you are going to south Gran Canaria's resorts, it is very likely to be sunny every day. Yes, even in the winter. Yes, even though your weather app says it is going to be cloudy. Yes, even in January. And in February, etc.

    Obviously it does sometimes rain in Gran Canaria, even in the sun-baked south, and there are occassional cloudy days. 

    To check for these rare rain and clouds there is no point using generic weather apps because they use data that averages out the weather and temperature across Gran Canaria.

    This means that the forecast for Puerto Rico and other resorts includes weather and temperatrure predictions for inland and highland areas that are cooler and cloudier.

    So, instead of believing your current weather app use the Spanish weather service website called the AEMET. It's website has detailed and very accurate forecasts for individual resorts, town and even beaches.

    Here's the forecast for the Mogán area including Puerto Rico.

    The mobile website works very well in English although the app is only in Spanish at the moment.  

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