Barcelona has experienced a thermal drop of 13 ºC in just 24 hours, with a very marked change between Saturday, April 11, and Sunday, according to the records of the Fabra Observatory. The contrast has been especially noticeable in the central part of the day, when the city went from clearly high values for the season to much more contained temperatures.
Sharp drop between Saturday and Sunday
On Saturday, April 11, the observatory recorded a maximum temperature of 26.8 ºC. Just one day later, on Sunday, the maximum remained at 17.2 ºC. The difference between both days leaves a drop of 13 ºC in 24 hours in one of the meteorological reference points of the Catalan capital.
The drop was especially visible in the interval between 1200 and 1230 UTC, equivalent to 1400 and 1430 hours in Barcelona. In that reference half hour, the temperature went from 26.8 ºC on Saturday to 13.8 ºC on Sunday, a very sharp change from one day to the next.
A contrast after an exceptional night
This turn also comes after the Fabra Observatory registered the warmest April night since 1914, a fact that underlines the thermal anomaly of the last hours in the city. The temperature behavior has thus left two very unusual signals in a short period of time, with extraordinary nocturnal heat and a very rapid subsequent drop.
What is expected in the coming days
Looking ahead to the second half of the week, meteorological models point to a new upturn. The forecast indicates a rise in temperatures from mid-week, so this thermal dip could once again give way to higher values.
The episode leaves a very marked oscillation in Barcelona in just one weekend, with records that place the Fabra Observatory as a reference for an abrupt and fully perceptible weather change in the city.