Climate battle: Lisbon vs Benidorm (Spain, snow, warm)

[flamingGalah!]

https://twobritsinspain.com/2017/01/...-costa-blanca/

[EverBlack]

Originally Posted by climate.lover11

EverBlack, don't you realise that it's hail ?

look at the crunch when they walk in. look at the form, it's granulated! Since when snow is like that?


Heck, I live 10km from Benidorm and I was the 19th in Benidorm and even posted pics in the European weather thread (the old one).

AEMET said that it's hail. I've seen it. Every newspaper said it's hail. XDDDD

Okay, but it looks like snow. So, does Lisbon get more snow than Benidorm?

[PCALMike]

Click on the source of those Benidorm numbers, and you see that Benidorm is at 16.1C average high in January:

https://es.climate-data.org/location/56914/

[lommaren]

Wonder who posted fake numbers then?

That's a quite silly thing to do.

[flamingGalah!]

Yeah who would post fake averages in a Spanish climate box on Wikipedia??

[irlinit]

Lisbon, Benidorm is smelly and full of high rises and has a dirty beach

Damn I didn’t realise Benidorm has snow recently either!!! Amazing

[EverBlack]

Originally Posted by climate.lover11

lol

the last documented snowfall from Benidorm was in 1926. Even if we count this 2017 hail storm as a snowfall... Lisbon seen snow in 2016, 2011, 1998, early 90s, one in the 80s, etc.

I suppose that I answered you.



Look entirely at this video. You can see how it felt at street level, under it. Then from various places looking at the city. It did look white, but it was granulated hail.
It happens in Malta, Cyprus, Tunisia etc almost every winter. Even Benidorm gets it every 2-3 years. But the hype was on, other coastal places had snow that day and some paid more attention to it.

I understand, thank you

Which one gets more days with temperatures below 0 °C?

[PCALMike]

Originally Posted by climate.lover11

I think that they're mixed up with the Wunderground station numbers. climate-data is an amateur blog although wunderground is either a cr4ppy source.

The second source is very likely to be correct. 16.1C average high in January is logical.

[muslim12]

wonder where climate lovers benidorm stats are from...

[EverBlack]

I prefer Lisbon because more snow