Emergency trucks cleared the ice from the streets
Typically sunny Piedrabuena, central Spain, has been hit by rain and hail showers, leaving streets coated in white.
Spain has started May with heavy rainfall as a powerful Atlantic front has swept across the country, bringing widespread showers, hail and cooler temperatures.
The State Meteorological Agency (Aemet) has issued orange alerts for severe storms, strong winds and hail in central and eastern areas of the peninsula,
These include Aragón, Castilla-La Mancha and the Valencian Community.
In Ciudad Real, towns were blanketed by a thick layer of hail after a violent morning storm.
Across much of the country, yellow alerts are in effect, including in Madrid, Andalusia, Catalonia, Galicia, and the Balearic Islands, due to heavy rain and thunderstorms.
Despite the dramatic weather, Aemet insists that there has been "no unusual meteorological phenomenon."
In southern Galicia, thunderstorms lit up the skies overnight, signaling more unsettled weather to come.
Temperatures are also falling, with most areas unlikely to exceed 30°C, except in parts of Murcia.
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I can hardly wait until the Beaufort Gyre releases into the North Atlantic, an event that will freeze Europeans and Canadians who don't get to use hydrocarbons as an energy source.