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According to Euskalmet, October has been "very dry": it has made half the usual rainfall

In some areas of Álava they have experienced the "warmest and driest scarcity" in this century, and the average temperature has been 1.2 ° C above normal.

According to the Basque Meteorology Agency, Euskalmet  – , the month of October was very dry, with accumulations below 50% in the whole of the Basque Country, and in many parts of Álava they were below 30%.

In terms of rainfall, the highest values were recorded in the north-east of Gipuzkoa. The lowest metatau were in the south of Álava, which did not reach 10 l/m². In terms of capital cities,the rainfall was 8 days in Donostia-San Sebastián and Bilbao and only 5 days in Vitoria-Gasteiz.

On the other hand, it should be noted that the 23rd of October was the bloodiest day of the month, because of the storm "Benjamin." On that day strong streaks were measured, and the most remarkable was the one measured in Machychaco by winds of 147.5 miles per hour.

As far as extreme meteorology is concerned, in October the Basque Government activated an orange wave height alert for navigation, in addition to 4 yellow warnings, 2 for wind in exposed areas, 1 for navigation and 1 for water projections and splashes.

 

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