After a winter “warm” comes a warm spring. That, at least, is what, for the moment, forecasts the State Meteorological Agency (Aemet) of the Balearic Islands, which this morning has presented its forecasts for the coming months and the balance of the last ones. Spring will start on Thursday, March 20, at 10 hours and one minuteand will last until Saturday, June 21, at 2:42 a.m., when summer will begin. That is, spring will last 92 days, 17 hours and 41 minutes.
The Aemet forecasts that next quarter “higher temperatures than usual will be recorded and that precipitation amounts will be normal, referring to the reference period 1991-2020”. The agency describes the coming spring as “warm”: “It is most likely that the average temperature of the quarter, from April to June 2025, will be above 19ºC, which is the normal value for the quarter. The tendency of temperatures throughout the quarter is to rise slowly, presenting the maximum values at the end of the quarter”. In this sense, he warns: “At the end of the quarter it is possible that some heat wave or episode of high temperatures may occur.”
“Normal” in precipitation
Regarding precipitation, it seems that the amount of rainfall will be the “normal” one in this transition between winter and summer. “It usually rains, in Ibiza, 67 l/m² and in Formentera, 48 l/m². The forecasts indicate that it is most likely to rain around these amounts”.
how will spring evolve in the Pitiusas? Well, according to the Aemet, “during the first part there will be anticyclonic situations, and stable weather, with the passage of fronts and squalls, which may be associated with heavy showers, hail, storms, wind, cold”. In fact, there could even be “some weak frost”. Already in the second half, approaching the summer, temperatures will rise “and the passage of storms and fronts” is expected to be “less frequent”.
Beware of cars, that in full season of weddings, baptisms and communions Ibiza and Formentera will not be spared from the rains “accompanied by mud”. “During periods of stable weather, fogs of marine origin may occur, affecting mainly coastal areas,” concludes the agency.
A winter without cold waves or frosts
The winter that is about to end has been “warm”: “With an average temperature of 11.8ºC in Ibiza and 13.3ºC in Formentera, and an anomaly with respect to normal values of 0.4ºC”. The warmest month, taking into account this upward difference with respect to the average, was January, with an anomaly of 1.4ºC and averages of 12 degrees in Ibiza and 14 in Formentera. The coldest, on the other hand, was December, with half a degree less than usual and an average of 11.6ºC in Ibiza and 13.1ºC in Formentera. In view of these data, the Aemet classifies December as cold, February as warm and January as very warm.
Precisely in January the highest temperatures of the whole Pitiusan winter were reached: 23.2ºC, in Ibiza and 21.2ºC in Formentera, on January 23. And the highest temperatures did not go below 15.5ºC recorded on January 15. On that day there were also the lowest temperature: 0.4ºC in Sant Joan de Labritja. On the island of Formentera the day when the mercury was lowest was February 5, when 3.8ºC was recorded. “The coldest period of the winter was between January 12 and 19, with maximums between 12 and 16ºC and minimums around 0 and 2ºC”, continues the balance of the winter.
Dry and snowless winter
“In Ibiza and Formentera the winter has been, on average, dry. It has rained 109 l/m² in Ibiza when the normal value is 140 l/m² (22% below normal) while in Formentera it has rained 70 l/m² when the normal value is 98 l/m² (28% below normal),” explains the Aemet, which points out that, however, February was different for the two islands: normal for Ibiza and wet for Formentera.
“The maximum daily precipitation, in Ibiza, was 38.6 l/m² and was collected at the airport, on December 31. And in Formentera, 11.4 l/m², on February 22”, continues the agency in its balance, in which it details that “it has not snowed a single day” this winter. As he explains, “it is normal to have one snow day every three years. Since 2023 there has been no snow on the island”. Yes, there has been no snow, but there has been no lack of wind: “There were 15 days of strong wind, 5 less than normal”.
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