OCTOBER WAS A SCORCHER

Last month will go down in history as the hottest October ever in Majorca, the Balearic Met. office confirmed yesterday.

Palma.—The Balearic weather agency Aemet yesterday described last month as “an extremely warm  and dry” period.
Maria Jose Guerrero, head of the Met.office  said that temperatures were on average three degrees above the norm for this time of the year.
Between 16 and 28 October thermometres marked on average between four and seven degrees above the usual, with Son Servera registering during that time the highest temperature, 33.3ºC.