This is the moment streets in Almeria were turned into icy rapids on Christmas Day after a fresh bout of hail and rainfall.
Footage shared online from Nijar shows a torrent of water gushing down the street, while roofs are seen blanketed in white.
It comes as the whole of Spain on average is experiencing the coldest Christmas in 15 years.
In Granada’s Sierra Nevada, the Pradollano ski resort said it has seen its healthiest bout of snow for Christmas since 2010.
In Granada, parts of the A-395 and A4030 were closed on Thursday due to the snowy conditions.
Travellers are urged to check the status of their journeys before setting off.
Aemet said in a report that you have to go back to 2010 to find average temperatures this low over December 24 and 25.
The longer-term trend, however, remains the opposite, with increasingly mild winters, particularly since the start of the 21st century.
Over the past decade, Spain has recorded the lowest number of cold spells in the historical series, which dates back to the 1960s.
While a cold wave used to be fairly typical each winter, 2024 became the fifth year with none at all, joining 2014, 2016, 2018 and 2020.
To find a genuinely harsh winter, meteorologists point back to 2005, when Spain endured 34 consecutive days of cold-wave conditions, with temperatures well below the historical average.
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