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MADEIRA · NOVEMBER · 32.6° N November is the month Madeira stops being warm and settles into mild. At Funchal, the official 1991-2020 normals put the average high at 73.0°F and the average low at 62.6°F, with 3.16 inches of rain over roughly seven wet days. The sea is still sitting at 73.0°F. What the … Read more
MADEIRA · OCTOBER · 32.6° N October is the month Madeira’s numbers start to move. The IPMA thermometer in Funchal still reads an average high of 77.4°F, the water off the south coast still averages 75.6°F, and then the rain shows up: 3.59 inches for the month against 0.91 inch in September. Nothing on the … Read more
MADEIRA · SEPTEMBER · 32.6° N September leaves Funchal’s thermometer almost exactly where August left it and puts the rain back on the calendar. The official normal for the month is a high of 79.9°F, a low of 68.7°F and 0.91 inches of precipitation. August’s normal is 0.05 inches. That multiplication sounds dramatic until you … Read more
MADEIRA · MAY · IPMA STATION 522 May is when Funchal’s rain gauge goes quiet. The official normals give the month a 71.6°F average high, a 61.2°F average low and 1.07 inches of rain spread over 3.3 wet days, against 1.78 inches and 4.7 wet days in April. The sea is still catching up at … Read more
MADEIRA · APRIL · 32.6° N April lands Madeira in its drier turn. At the Funchal station, the average April day tops out at 69.8°F and falls back to 58.8°F overnight, with 1.78 inches of rain spread over 4.7 days. That is two thirds of an inch less water than the island’s March normal, and … Read more
MADEIRA · AUGUST · FUNCHAL · 58 M August is the month when Madeira’s weather stops being a variable. At the IPMA station in Funchal, the 1991-2020 normals give an average high of 80.2°F, an average low of 69.3°F and 0.05 inches of precipitation for the entire month. The sea off the island averages 76.6°F, … Read more
