Earlier this week, this Winter’s first snow fell in Mallorca, along with snowy conditions in mainland Spain and freezing temperatures in most of northern Europe. Snow was reported here in […]
A walk in the countryside can give you the most gratifying encounters, be that the visual beauty of the landscape, the temperaments of the weather, some unexpected wildlife, some unusual […]
Last Saturday (October 31st) was the earliest I have ever seen almond blossoms in Mallorca in over twenty years. By nature’s own calendar almond trees do not develop their buds […]
Yesterday, the island was affected by some considerable wind gusts. No Caps de fibló, just ordinary stormy winds or gales. Wind speeds of up to 90 km/h were reported in […]
Tornados and other mobile vortexes of violently rotating winds are not an uncommon sight here in Mallorca. Here, these natural phenomena are called caps de fibló and quite often they […]
In Mallorca, we have had a rather abrupt end to this year’s Summer, remember? Well, now, after all the massive rain, storms and lightning, a later Summer has emerged over […]
The annual Gota Fría spell seems to be settling in this year for a real string of heavy storms and torrential weather. Yesterday, the Agencia Estatal de Meteorología raised the […]
In keeping with the annual Mallorcan weather pattern, we had some rain here yesterday in Felanitx. Hooray, at last. We had not seen any rain to speak of since last […]
The time leading up to the Summer solstice is the time for making hay here in Mallorca. Now we can find many fields in the island’s landscape harvested with the […]
If you were in Mallorca yesterday you will have noticed a particular quality of heat, as well as a sheltering sky. Temperatures yesterday were an unusual 31° Celsius here in […]
The weather forecast has been somewhat unpredictable of late, at least here in Mallorca. A week ago or so it seemed that we were heading for Summer but not surprisingly, […]
I would like to show you the image of some amazingly dramatic Cumulonimbus clouds that hung over Felanitx yesterday, an otherwise nice and sunny day. At least, Cumulonimbus is the […]
Today, January 18th, we can contemplate a Half Moon, waning. In a Year of 13 Moons is a movie by Rainer Werner Fassbinder. 2009 happens to be such a rare […]