Climate information is increasingly relevant to society. (GlobeLiveMedia/Jovani Perez)

Beyond consulting the weather to know what to wear or wear or not an umbrella, the weather report It is an instrument that has become essential for various sectors such as transport (by air, sea and land), agriculture, tourism, disaster prevention, public health and even to carry out military operations.

But if by itself predict the time This could be complex, to which is added another variant: global warming, which has made even more urgent the need to keep up to date in order to act and act. adopt public policies that reduce disaster risk like alerts about floods, droughts, freezing waves, bad landing and other related phenomena.

In this context, here the weather forecast for the next few hours in Barcelona:

During the day temperature it will reach a maximum of 14 degrees, the probability of rain It will be 1%, with 70% cloud cover, while wind gusts will reach 20 kilometers per hour.

As for UV rays, they should reach a level of up to 2.

    Snow days in Barcelona are minimal (Government of Barcelona)
Snow days in Barcelona are minimal (Government of Barcelona)

Barcelona is located in the northeast of Spain, on the Mediterranean coast of the Iberian Peninsula, where two types of climate prevail: the Continental Mediterranean there humid subtropical.

The climate Continental Mediterranean occurs mainly south of Barcelona and is characterized by mild winters there hot, dry summers.

while the Rainy season in this climatic state, it is present mainly during the winter or in the intermediate seasons.

For its part, the weather humid subtropical it occurs in the northernmost part of the region, characterized by cold or mild winters, as well as humid and hot summers.

Meanwhile, there is no rainy season as such in this climate, since well-distributed rainfall throughout the year.

According to the National Meteorological Agency (Aemet) of Spain, the Maximum temperature in Barcelona it is around 30 degrees Celsius and occurs during the months of July and August.

In the case of minimum temperature Aemet mentions that it is below zero degrees Celsius between December and January.

    Maximum temperatures occur between July and August, while minimums are in January and February (Reuters)
Maximum temperatures occur between July and August, while minimums are in January and February (Reuters)

Spain is characterized by being sunny, where sunshine hours are about 3,000 hours per year. THE temperatures in this Mediterranean country are mildHowever, there are marked differences between seasons and different areas.

Although Amet records up to 13 types of climates in SpainThey are really four that predominate: oceanic, Mediterranean cool summers, Continental Mediterranean there cold steppe.

The oceanic is characterized by being temperate with cool summers, heavy rainfall and well distributed throughout the year.

In Spain, it appears mainly in northern and western Galicia, the Cantabrian Sea, the Iberian system, the northeast of the northern plateau and much of the Pyrenees, except for the highest areas.

The cool-summer Mediterranean, as its name suggests, has dry and cool summersas well as cold or mild winterswhile most the rains fall in winter or intermediate stations.

This climate covers most of the northern plateau, inland Galicia and many mountainous areas in the center and south of the peninsula. In the Canary Islands, it extends widely inside the islands of La Palma, El Hierro, La Gomera and Tenerife, as well as in the highest areas of Gran Canaria.

Continental Mediterranean records mild and rainy wintersas well as hot, dry summers.

This type of climate is present in much of the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands. It extends over most of the southern half and the Mediterranean coastal regions, with the exception of the arid areas of the south-east.

As for the cold steppe, the winters are very cold and the summers can be temperate or hotMoreover, the rainfall is rare.

This climate extends to the southeast of the peninsula, to the Ebro Valley, to the southern plateau and, to a lesser extent, to Estemadura, the Balearic Islands and the center of the northern plateau. They are also observed on all the islands of the Canary archipelago.

Spring and fall is when the the nicest weather in spainweather that allows you to enjoy the outdoors virtually all day.

The ace maximum temperatures are reached in July and Augustthe hottest and driest months in the whole country.

While minimum temperatures usually occur in January and Februarymonths which also coincide with days with more rainmainly in northern Spain.

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