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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]
Christopher C. Burt, a weather historian writing for Weather Underground, believes that the 1913 Death Valley reading is "a myth", and is at least 2.2 or 2.8 °C (4 or 5 °F) too high. [13] Burt proposes that the highest reliably recorded temperature on Earth could still be at Death Valley, but is instead 54.0 °C (129.2 °F) recorded on 30 ...
The northern areas of Greece have a transitional climate between the continental, the Mediterranean and the humid subtropical climate while there are marginal mountainous areas with an alpine climate. Semi-arid climates are the second most common in Greece. [5] [6] [7] Average annual temperatures in Greece range from around +4 °C (39 °F) in ...
July is the hottest and driest month followed by August while February is the coldest month and December records the highest amount of precipitation. Samos receives about 705 millimetres (27.8 in) of rainfall annually while the average annual temperature is 18.4 °C (65.1 °F). Humidity is lowest during the summer and highest at the end of autumn.
The Thriasio Plain is particularly vulnerable to high temperatures due to its topography [5] and has experienced the highest temperatures ever recorded in Greece and continental Europe [6] with 48.0 °C in Elefsina and 47.5 °C in Aspropyrgos in 1977 and 2007 respectively.
Greece has repeatedly seen high temperatures disrupt daily activities since June and hundreds of wildfires have broken out, fanned by strong winds, following the warmest winter on record that ...
The European Space Agency (ESA) says Italy, Spain, France, Germany and Poland may see extreme conditions
Temperatures in Greece are forecast to reach to 43 °C (109 °F). [157] 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.