Locals from Nymfaio recorded a rare phenomenon on Tuesday morning as snow appeared throughout the entire town, greekcitytimes.com reports.
A video which was uploaded by Michalis Tsigris to his Facebook page, and shared by the National Observatory of Athens, shows it was more than just a few drops of snow recorded on the morning of Tuesday, May 7, at Nymfaio, in northern Greece
According to figures released by the National Observatory of Athens weather service meteo.gr, the lowest were recorded at ski resorts such as Kaimaktsalan in Edessa, Mount Parnassus and Vasilitsa, which saw temperatures of -4.2C, -1.9C and -1.0C, respectively.
In several other locations, the mercury hovered just a few degrees above zero: 1.8C in Plikati, Ioannina and 1.9 C in Vlasti, Kozani and a chilly 2.3 C in Grevena, 2.7 C in Metsovo and Pertouli, Trikala and just 3.2 C on Mount Parnitha above Athens, at an altitude of 1,350 metres.
*Video courtesy of Michalis Tsigris
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