Today's weather for Santa Ponsa, Spain21st Aug 2008 01:30

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Weather Overview for Santa Ponsa

Santa Ponsa is a popular holiday resort on Majorca’s south west coast, in Spain’s Balearic Islands. It is less than 10kms west of Magaluf and not from the islands capital Palma.

Santa Ponsa enjoys a typically Mediterranean climate with long hot summers and mild winters. The warm surrounding seas help dictate this climate, especially in keeping winter temperatures so mild. The climate has helped make the island so popular with tourists and Santa Ponsa enjoys more than 300hrs of sunshine a year and sees only 400mm of rain a year.

The sea surrounding Santa Ponsa is warm year round, a principle reason for the mild winters. The surface temperature of the sea varies between 14 ºC in winter and 26 ºC in summer, and it is generally comfortable for swimming from late May to late autumn.

SUMMER

Summer is when people flock to Santa Ponsa and the weather is typically hot and dry with plentiful sunshine. The main summer months of June, July and August receive just 10% of the annual rainfall. July and August are the hottest months of the year and see daily highs above 30C. The great summer weather often starts in late May and lasts through until September.

Summer temperatures can sometimes get very high - up into the mid 30s and even beyond. Thankfully the coastal location allows for relief from cooling sea breezes on the hottest days. The Embat is a well known local wind that brings cooler sea air. It is caused when hot air rises up from Majorca’s landmass and draws in the cooler sea air in its place. It is very welcome on the hottest days.

Sunshine is abundant in summer and its great beach weather on the island. Santa Ponsa enjoys up to 11 hours of sunshine per day in mid-summer.

WINTER

The winters are mild in Santa Ponsa and see average temperatures around 9 to 10C. Lows may drop to 4C at night but daytime highs are frequently in the mid teens in winter and you’ll enjoy 5 hours of sunshine per day on average.

As for rainfall, you can expect to see it in winter although at around 40mm a month on average it is not particularly high. You may get some wet and windy weather in winter but is not frequent and is normally short lived.

In general, winter sees a lot of good weather and plenty of sunshine with comfortable daytime temperatures. You’ll get rain but not a lot, and cold temperatures are rare.

SPRING/AUTUMN

These two seasons enjoy some great weather and if you factor in the fewer visitors and cheaper prices they can arguably be the best time to visit. Of the two seasons autumn is slightly warmer, but spring is drier. In fact spring sees the driest weather of the year and autumn the wettest (although its not that wet).

Early autumn enjoys high temperatures and the summer weather effectively remains until late September at the earliest. Daily highs average in the upper 20s in September and in the low 20s in October. November does start to get a little chillier and can see single figure temperatures at night, although daily highs are still up towards 20C.

Autumn is the wettest time and can see more than 60mm a month on average. This is still relatively low however and that’s reflected in the fact that the days still average 6 or 7 hours of sunshine.

In spring March is still cool at night and in the early morning but the daytime temperatures quickly increase. By April temperatures can be up to 20 in the day, and May can see highs in the mid 20s. Spring is dry with plenty of sunshine – averaging 9hrs per day in April and May.

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