Barcelona loses its almost spring-like feel as temperatures drop ahead of Semana Santa

The cold puts a stop to the spring-like feeling in Barcelona before Semana Santa

The drop in temperatures forecast for the coming days will break the almost spring-like weather that had settled over much of Spain. After Therese passed through the Canary Islands, attention now turns to the drop in temperatures that will be felt from this Thursday, 26 March, with stronger winds in the northeast, warnings in mountain areas, and cooler weather also in Catalonia.

In Barcelona, the change is not expected to be extreme, but there will be a clear drop in temperatures compared to the start of the week. The forecast puts the coming days in a range of highs between 14 and 17 ºC and lows between 7 and 9 ºC, with intervals of cloud and no severe weather expected in the city.

The shift will be more noticeable in areas exposed to wind and in mountain regions. AEMET is maintaining warnings for Thursday in Catalonia, with very strong gusts in the south of Tarragona and snow warnings in the Catalan Pyrenees, where the snow line could be around 1200 or 1300 metres and moderate frosts may persist at higher elevations.

The contrast comes just after the Therese episode, which triggered a special AEMET warning for the Canary Islands due to heavy rain, wind, and rough seas, with accumulations that could exceed 300 mm in some parts of the western islands and Gran Canaria.

Looking ahead to Semana Santa, caution is still advised. Both the forecasts collected by AEMET and the analysis shared by Roberto Brasero suggest a more anticyclonic and stable scenario is likely, although it is still too early to make a firm forecast for the main days.