Snow in Madrid!

"Spain: Snow closes airport MADRID — An unusually heavy snowfall coated downtown Madrid in white on Friday, shutting down the city's airport but providing rare oppor­tunities for snowball fights while intrepid golfers drove their balls into the storm. Flights in and out of Barajas inter­national airport were stopped for nearly six hours during the daytime because of the snow, airport officials said. Spain's National Meteorological Agency. estimated the snowfall could reach 21⁄ 2 inches. Rivera said the last time central Madrid had a similar amount of snow was Feb. 23, 2001".