Weather in Albufeira today

Glad things are improving. Brother Sam is going out 19th Feb for two months. When I told him to take bed socks the reply was........unprintable!! He's Glaswegian (I'm Geordie, yes I know, long story) so we didn't get very high up the alphabet If the weather stays around 60c he'll be happy, fingers crossed!

It's not going away just yet. At 930am Sunday it was 4C/38F. The sun's out and the skies pretty clear, so we should see a high today of around 14C/57F but it will be cold again tonight, down to about 2 or 3C. It is pretty windy so it will feel cooler than mid-50's.

It will stay dry today. By Tuesday things will be warming up a little, but the downside will be some showers as the wind shifts round to the east.

They have been wheeling out aged residents who are saying "... this is the longest spell of such cold weather since I were a lad..." sort of thing.

At 9am it was 3C here in Albufeira. Not quite as cold as yesterday but still pretty cold for here.

The wind is still from the NE, so it will struggle to get into double figures again, today's high 10 or 11C (50 - 52F) today. A little cloudy but should stay dry.

Some light at the end of tunnel for Monday when the wind shifts round more to the east and the night-time temperatures at least will be a few degrees warmer.

Average daytime January temperatures are 15C so we are well below that for the while.

Maybe not - at 715am my thermometer registered 1C/34F which is colder than any time since I have been here. Out towards Sagres in the west it was below freezing last night. Frosty windscreens across the road.

At least it's not snowing.

Today will just about get into double figures - the sun is coming up and the skies are fairly clear. Wind still from the north and bringing that cold air with it. Up in the mountains of NE Portugal it is snowing hard.

The weekend might be a tad warmer during the day, uip to about 12 or 13C/53 - 55F but still really cold at night, down to about 0C in many parts of the Algarve.

Bring your bed socks if you are coming down this way soon.

Today is going to be pretty much the same as yesterday but perhaps with a bit more sunshine. The wind has veered round to the north-east ie from Spain, so it's bringing cold air down from the mountains.

It's 5C/42F again, fairly sunny outside with a few wispy bits of cloud high up. There's no rain around, so it will stay dry. This afternoon it might just about get to 10C/50F.

Friday and Saturday will be similar.

Further north in Portugal it's barely above freezing and really cold at night.

Have a nice day wherever you are.

Snow in Portugal!! whatever next....

1100am and it is currently around 13C but rather grey and murky outside. It was bright and sunny a couple of hours ago.

The satellite picture shows a whole bank of cloud crossing the Algarve today so I guess things are not going to get any better. There are one or two showers in there but it will be unfortunate if it does rain anywhere in particular.

Make the most of it, as the wind is shifting round to the north and by Wednesday it is forecast to be around 8C at the most!

It looks like being another showery day today. It's a little cloudy and the sun is out but the wind has shifted round to the north-west and over that way is a lump of weather heading in our general direction. Tomorrow should be better and Monday better still.

Current temperature is 14C/57F rising to maybe 16 or 17. By Monday we will see only 12 or 14.