March in Spain was the driest for sixty years

In terms of rainfall, this was just 37% of what would normally be expected. The average for the country was 17 litres per square metre. In the Balearics, however, there was twice as much rain as normal. In the southeast of the mainland, there was double the amount of normal rain, while in much of the country, including the Canaries, rainfall was below 25% of the usual amount. The record rainfall was 95 litres per square metre at Alicante-Elche Airport.

The average temperature for the whole of the mainland was 9.9C, which was 0.1C above average. In the Balearics, the average was 11.9C, which was 0.3C below the normal value. This was also the case in the Canaries, where the monthly average temperature was 15.7C. In certain parts of the country, e.g. western Andalusia and Galicia, the temperature was one degree above average.

From March 23 to the end of the month, there was a warm spell during which highs were above 30C in areas of Andalusia and Extremadura as well as in parts of the Cantabrian Sea. On March 31, heat records were broken at seven weather stations.