Why does spain have hot summers and cold winters ?

Question

Why does spain have hot summers and cold winters ?

Answer 1

Change the 'does' to 'did'. Global warming has eliminated seasons here.

Answer 2

The winters at the seaside are not cold at all. Very seldom the temperature falls till 0 during night, but during day it is always nice and sunny. So we can't exactly speak about cold winters over there.

Answer 3

That's not necessarily true. I live in Southern Spain and I can tell you that I've hardly worn a big jacket this winter as it's been very mild.

Answer 4

That's how the weather is in Europe.

Answer 5

That's the way it is. But this winter is being quite mild.

Answer 6

because we do......but its not so cold down in the south of Spain in winter, no snow here, or frost

Answer 7

Definitely not this year: it's the hottest winter in the past 30 years!!

Answer 8

Perhaps because it is a relatively large land mass. Whilst Spain has a long coastline, and these areas will be impacted by the sea and its neutralising effects on extreme temperatures, there are many areas along way from the sea, ie. Madrid which, along with certain geographical features such as cauldrons and valley depressions can give rise to greater extremes than say in the UK or Italy.