Weird Spanish Weather

My friend Gillian and I embarked on a road trip on Wednesday (16/05/2013), travelling northeast from Ciudad Real (south of Madrid)  towards Barcelona via some small villages etc.  Today, we travelled from Cuenca to Teruel via the Serrania de Cuenca (a mountain range in the Sistema Iberico). We expected a cool and rainy day from the weather forecast so were prepared to change some of our plans if necessary as we had hoped to be walking through rock formations for most of the morning.


However, instead I got a lesson in what happens to rain at 0 degrees. See below!
The temperature got as low as -0.5 degrees. It warmed up to a balmy 6 degrees by the time we arrived at our destination.

Snowfall, Serrania de Cuenca Range

Time, date and temperature - 16:14 pm on 17/05/2013 - 0.0 degrees

Driving through snow over a mountain ridge