Mallorca October weather: rain up 16%, 20.2 degrees

Mallorca’s October weather brings 16% more rain than usual: the island records 93 litres per square metre and averages 20.2 degrees. Spain’s State Meteorological Agency (Aemet) releases the figures on Tuesday, 3 November. Across the Balearic Islands, it is the 11th warmest October since 1961.

Warm nights on Mallorca

The Balearics average 20 degrees in October, 1.2 degrees above usual. At the Capdepera lighthouse on Mallorca, the agency counts 12 warm nights classed as ‘tropical’, against the usual nine.

Rain varies sharply between islands

Across the Balearics, rainfall averages 105 litres per square metre, compared with the usual 79. Most of it falls as Dana Adam passes through. Mallorca’s usual October figure is 80 litres per square metre.

Menorca records 62 litres per square metre, 5% below its usual 67. Eivissa gets 232 litres per square metre against the usual 77, while Formentera records 213 against 44. Mallorca’s wetter-than-usual month is far from the biggest departure across the islands.

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Source: Europa Press / Mallorca.com