It never rains in August, so what is going on with our weather system in the Canary Islands?
This image from the Eumetsat weather satellite from the 9th August 2015 published by Efemérides Meteorólogicas Canarias demonstrates perfectly the storm conditions affecting the Canaries. This really is freak weather for August, the deluges of rain and impressive lightning storms have been caused by a Saharan depression (Depresión Aislada en Niveles Altos known as DANA).
We can’t recall it ever raining in August, neither can a number of Canarians that we’ve spoken to, however records show it has rained before in August, during the summer of read more »