meteorological

Spain's meteorological agency Aemet has placed parts of the Valencia and Andalusia regions, as well as the Balearic Islands, on orange alert from now until Thursday.

That orange alert is the second highest and it signals a significant meteorological event “with a degree of danger for normal activities”.

The UN's World Meteorological Organization previously said that 2024 is on track to be the world's warmest year on record.

There are two common ways to define seasons in the UK - meteorological and astronomical.

BBC Weather uses the meteorological calendar, where winter always begins on 1 December and ends on the last day of February.