Canarias has experienced the seventh warmest October since 1961. The average temperature for the month was 21.3 degrees, registering an increase of 1.1 degrees above normal. This is according to the Canary Islands Climatological Advance for October.
The highest temperature in the archipelago was recorded in La Graciosa, with 33 degrees at the heliport station on the eighth island on October 26; while Lanzarote reached the fourth highest temperature, with 32 degrees at the Airport station in San Bartolomé on October 4. In contrast, the highest minimum in La Graciosa was 22.3 degrees and in Lanzarote, 23.5 degrees.
This temperature mismatch was greater in the eastern islands of Lanzarote, La Graciosa, Fuerteventura, and Gran Canaria, with an average of 22.8 degrees, an anomaly of 1.3 above usual.
In the eastern province, the fourth warmest October in the historical series was recorded. Anomalies were also present in maximum temperatures (1.1 degrees above normal) and, above all, in minimum temperatures, which were "extremely warm" and averaged nearly 19.5 degrees (1.5 degrees above average).
Meanwhile, in the province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, the temperature mismatch was 0.7 degrees, making it the 15th warmest October in the series for averages; the 21st warmest for maximums; and the fifth warmest for minimums.
This increase in temperatures is evident in the tropical nights. The stations of the State Meteorological Agency (Aemet) in the Canary Islands recorded 1,031 tropical nights throughout the month, a figure that exceeds the Octobers of 2024, 2025
Meanwhile, accumulated rainfall registered 101% of the expected rainfall for this period of the year, but it is considered a pluviometrically normal month, the 21st wettest in the historical series.
A warm spell that brought 32 degrees to Lanzarote
The warm spell experienced between October 1 and 9 concentrated two maximum temperatures at Aemet stations in Lanzarote. The highest on the island was the fourth highest in the archipelago, with 32 degrees. In total, the maximums in the Canary Islands ranged between 32.9 and 31.7 during those first days of the month.
The approach of an African ridge between October 13 and 17 once again raised the thermometer in Lanzarote. During that period, the island reached a maximum of 31.4 degrees again.
Then, between October 21 and 29, another temperature rise was detected. The maximum recorded then in the entire archipelago was 33 degrees in La Graciosa. 31.8 degrees were also reached at the Aemet station in Los Dolores and 31.7 in Arrecife.
Although October was the 21st wettest month in the historical series, most of the rain was concentrated in the western province and Gran Canaria. The island that registered the highest amount of precipitation was La Palma. While Lanzarote experienced a drier month, only counteracted by the rainfall recorded in the island's northeast.
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