The anomalously thundery month of June 1925 in southwest Spain: description and synoptic analysis
Francisco Javier Acero,Manuel Antón,Alejandro Jesús Pérez Aparicio,Nieves Bravo-Paredes,Víctor Manuel Sánchez Carrasco,María Cruz Gallego,José Agustín García,Marcelino Núñez,Irene Tovar,Javier Vaquero-Martínez,and José Manuel Vaquero
Departamento de Física, Universidad de Extremadura, Badajoz, Spain
Manuel Antón
Departamento de Física, Universidad de Extremadura, Badajoz, Spain
Alejandro Jesús Pérez Aparicio
Departamento de Física, Universidad de Extremadura, Badajoz, Spain
Earth Remote Sensing Laboratory (EaRSLab) and Center for Sci-Tech Research in EArth sysTem and Energy (CREATE), Instituto de Investigação e Formação Avançada (IIFA), Universidade de Évora, 7000-671 Évora, Portugal
Nieves Bravo-Paredes
Departamento de Física, Universidad de Extremadura, Badajoz, Spain
Víctor Manuel Sánchez Carrasco
Departamento de Física, Universidad de Extremadura, Badajoz, Spain
María Cruz Gallego
Departamento de Física, Universidad de Extremadura, Badajoz, Spain
José Agustín García
Departamento de Física, Universidad de Extremadura, Badajoz, Spain
Marcelino Núñez
Agencia Estatal de Meteorología (AEMET), Badajoz, Spain
Irene Tovar
Agencia Estatal de Meteorología (AEMET), Badajoz, Spain
The month of June 1925 was found to be exceptional in the southwest interior of the Iberian Peninsula due to the large number of thunderstorms and their significant impacts, with serious losses of human lives and material resources. We analyzed this event from different, complementary perspectives: reconstruction of the history of the events from newspapers, study of monthly meteorological variables of the longest series available, and the analysis of the meteorological synoptic situation.
The month of June 1925 was found to be exceptional in the southwest interior of the Iberian...