Late this evening (15.03), ANA – Aeroportos de Portugal, announced that Madeira's International Airport was functioning normally, after two days of cancellations due to the bad weather, equating to more than 100 flights since Sunday.
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The last time it was this cold in March was on the 11th of March 1972, when average temperatures dropped to 7.7 degrees, says Madeiran delegate of the Portuguese Institute of Atmosphere and Sea (IPMA), Vitor Prior. The only other recording of unseasonal low temperatures (7.4 degrees) was on the 14th of February 1981.
According to Vitor Prior of the Madeira delegation of the Portuguese Institute of Atmosphere and Sea, dust will affect the general atmosphere from Thursday.
Last year, according to preliminary data from the Portuguese Institute of Atmosphere and Sea (IPMA), the average temperature recorded in Funchal was 20.6 degrees, 0.2 degrees lower than 2020.
According to Vitor Prior, Madeiran delegate of the Portuguese Institute of Atmosphere and Sea (IPMA), the ash cloud from the Cumbre Vieja volcano in La Palma, should not affect the Madeiran archipelago.
We may only have big ones every 45 years or so, but this morning's earthquake had some people feeling that the earth had truly moved.