Independent councilors Luís Filipe Santos and Jorge Afonso Freitas recommended, today, in a City Council meeting, that urgent maintenance and inspection actions be taken in critical areas of the city of Funchal, taking into account the recent rains and unstable weather. Maintenance tasks like cleaning stream and riverbeds are needed,…
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Bad weather has caused more than four dozen flights to be cancelled this morning at Madeira Airport, affecting both arrivals and departures. Before the vast majority of operations were cancelled, several flights were diverted to other airports, as a safety measure in view of the impossibility of landing on the…
For Porto Santo, March 2026 was marked by below-average temperatures and above- average rainfall, concludes the Portuguese Institute of Atmosphere and Sea (IPMA). According to the IPMA climatological bulletin, the four reference stations recorded average air temperature values lower than the climatological normal (1991–2020). The stations of Chão do Areeiro…
Madeira’s highest peaks had a dusting of snow this morning, after a sudden drop in temperature. At 09:00, the minimum temperature at the Pico do Pico weather station Areeiro was at -0.7 ºC, after having dropped from 4.6 ºC recorded in the early hours of the morning. Samantha Gannon info…
Travellers in and out of the island may be affected by safety constraints at Madeira’s Airport, given the intensity of the wind that is expected for the Region. Ricardo Tavares, the Regional IPMA Delegate, states that from Wednesday, with the arrival of a new depression in Madeira, gusts could reach…
After several days of stable weather and mild temperatures, with extreme maximums above 24 ºC in Funchal, Madeira is preparing for a significant change, with a sharp drop in temperature and the possibility of snow at the highest points. According to the IPMA, from Tuesday, April the 7th, very cloudy…
The above-average temperatures are set to end as of tomorrow, the 6th of April, as a new weather front emerges. Starting tomorrow, the weather is expected to worsen as rain and winds move in over the island. Meteorologists predict that by Tuesday, conditions will further decline with frequent showers and…
Richard Marques emphasises the importance of each citizen having an emergency kit that can guarantee survival during periods when normality disappears. “It is essential that each citizen includes a 72-hour kit in their family planning,” he says. A kit that integrates a set of foods and products that can be…
High winds have affected Madeira and the airport today, with a yellow wind and sea agitation warning in place until 06:00 on Tuesday. The most intense gusts were recorded in exposed high-altitude areas. In Pico Alto, the wind reached 116 km/h at 03:20 am, still maintaining 108 km/h at 10:30.…
A majority of passengers of the three aircraft diverted to Porto Santo this afternoon, due to winds affecting the operationality of the Madeira International Airport, will travel to Madeira using the Porto Santo ferry. It is not the first time that the Porto Santo Ferry has been used as a…
Ara Oliveira, the Regional Director for the Environment and Sea, today confirmed that Madeira’s annual rainfall has fallen by 30% since 1990. A figure that will only increase and have grave consequences. Citing international projections, Ara Oliveira said that by the year 2100, Madeira will experience up to 50% less…
On her Facebook page, singer Márcia recounts the experience of trying to reach Madeira when the airport was closed due to bad weather. With two images captured from the Ryanair plane, the artist writes that it was “the closest we got to Madeira, yesterday, it was in this place somewhere…
Depression Therese Depression will continue to influence the weather in the Autonomous Region of Madeira, creating atmospheric instability over the next couple of days, warned the Regional Civil Protection Service, IP-RAM. In a warning to the population issued this afternoon, the institution warns that “the weather will continue to be…
A sudden storm, marked by heavy rain and strong gusts of wind, hit several areas of Porto Santo early last night, causing material damage and moments of great apprehension among residents. Rúben Drumond, the owner of the Girassol bar, shared images from his Tesla that captured the wind’s destructive power,…
Between 00:00 and 13:00 today, the weather in Madeira was marked by relatively low temperatures, especially in the mountainous areas, as well as periods of precipitation and moderate to strong winds in several parts of the archipelago. The intense cold and snowfall in the highlands. In Pico do Areeiro, thermometers dropped…