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[73] [74] In June 2024, both Sparta and Serres registered a record mean max temperature of 37.6 °C (99.7 °F) while temperatures soared as high as 44.5 °C (112.1 °F) on the island of Crete. [ 75 ] [ 76 ] According to the National Observatory of Athens in July 2024 Greece experienced its longest lasting heat wave in recorded history with 16 ...
The following is a list of the most extreme temperatures ever recorded in Greece. Greece has recorded a high temperature of 48.0 °C in Elefsina and Tatoi (both located in the Athens metropolitan area). In June 2007, Monemvasia in mainland Greece recorded a minimum temperature of 35.9 °C. [1] [2] [3]
During the weekend of 23–24 June and on 25 June, temperatures soared to 43–44 °C (109–111 °F). By 26 June, however, Greece seemed to bear the brunt of the heatwave with temperatures in Athens reaching 46.2 °C (115.2 °F). [4] [5] The same day, Greece's national power consumption set a new record. [6]
The European Union's Copernicus and the World Meteorological Organization reported in April 2024 that Europe was Earth's most rapidly warming continent, with temperatures rising at a rate twice as high as the global average rate, and that Europe's 5-year average temperatures were 2.3 °C higher relative to pre-industrial temperatures compared to 1.3 °C for the rest of the world.
Temperatures in Greece are forecast to reach to 43 °C (109 °F). [103] Turkey has also been affected with temperatures hitting 44 °C (111 °F). In mid-June, high temperatures in Mecca, characterized as a heat wave, resulted in the deaths of pilgrims in the city for Hajj from countries including Indonesia, Jordan, Tunisia, and India.
From 8 June to 26 June the Netherlands experienced regional heatwaves. [65] On 11 June the temperature reached 32.3 °C (90.1 °F) in Gilze-Rijen and Hoek van Holland, setting a heat record for June 11. [66] Also on 12 June a heat record was broken when the temperature reached 31.8 °C (89.2 °F) in Gilze-Rijen. [67]
This is a list of cities by average temperature (monthly and yearly). The temperatures listed are averages of the daily highs and lows. Thus, the actual daytime temperature in a given month may be considerably higher than the temperature listed here, depending on how large the difference between daily highs and lows is.