Coldest winter in 100 years' starts today
Thursday, December 22, 2016 @ 6:13 PM
WINTER officially started today (Wednesday, December 21) at 11.44 mainland Spain time, and will last for 88 days and 23 hours, according to the State meteorological agency, AEMET.
Considered to be the shortest day, or winter solstice, the start to the coldest season can actually fall on one of four days in the northern hemisphere outside the tropics – between December 20 and 23 – but in Spain it is only ever considered to vary from December 20 to 22, depending upon the actual position of the sun in relation to the earth at the time, explains the National Geographical Institute (IGN).
The latest start to winter seen so far in this lifetime was in 2003, and the earliest will almost certainly not be seen by anyone alive in Spain today, as it is not due until 2096.
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