Another warm day across the southern half of Europe – Spain up to +26, Balkans and Mediterranean up to +22, N France and Benelux again into mid-10s!

After a very warm Saturday, also Sunday was again a very warm day across the southern half of Europe – temperatures locally climbed into 23-26 °C range in the afternoon. Balkans and the Mediterranean up to +22 °C. Two more warm days are expected over the region before colder air mass spreads from the north and brings back winter with snow cold into the Balkans through mid-week.

The TOP-30 highest temperatures across France, Spain and Portugal on Feb 2nd, 2020:

Over the Iberian peninsula the temperatures locally climbed into 23-26 °C range in the afternoon. Dry Foehn winds from the Pyrenees down into south-southwest France resulted in very warm temperatures as well, locally up to +25 °C! Northern Spain with similar conditions also into 23-25 °C. Sardinia, Corsica and Sicily 19-21 °C, southern Balkans into the 18-20 °C range as well. Low to mid-10s across southern England, northern France, and Benelux. Northern Balkan countries peaked up to +20.6 °C in Banja Luka (BiH), +19.0 °C in Karlovac (Croatia), +18.0 °C in Crnomelj (Slovenia), +17.0 °C in Baja (Hungary) +16.1 °C in Eisenstadt (Austria)…

Peak daytime temperatures across Europe with regional maps as well:

Here are close-up views over the Mediterranean and the Balkans, Western Europe and the Iberian peninsula:

See also the Feb 1st peak temperatures:

*10-20 day forecast* North Atlantic Oscillation explodes and the Pacific North American pattern drops negative. As ridging dominates the Pacific, pressure starts to drop massively again in the North Atlantic.

It will be another very warm day across south-central Europe and the Balkans tomorrow and partly also on Tuesday – please refer to the primary discussion for the forecast details:

*10-20 day forecast* North Atlantic Oscillation explodes and the Pacific North American pattern drops negative. As ridging dominates the Pacific, pressure starts to drop massively again in the North Atlantic.