The summer of 2018 was notable for record rainfall and intense lightning activity, as well as stronger-than-usual winds, but without the scorching heatwaves of previous years, the National Observatory of Athens’ meteo service reported on Monday, according to ANA.
The notable features of the weather during June, July and August, according to meteo were the following:
– Less wind in July, which had only eight days of strong winds, the lowest amount in the last decade. August, by contrast, was marked by 24 days of the strong northerly winds known as ‘meltemia’.
- – Warmer seas in the Aegean due to the lack of northerly winds in July, which reached 2.5C higher than the Ionian Sea, reversing the normal pattern.
- – The strongest winds of the summer were on July 23, on the day of the deadly fires in Attica, with gusts reaching up to 123 km/hour on Mount Parnitha (the strongest gust recorded throughout Greece in 2018) and exceeding 100 km/hour at the Isthmus in Corinth, Kapareli in Viotia and Paximada, Karystos. At many weather stations in Attica, wind gusts on that day were the strongest of the last eight years.
- – Only two periods of extreme heat occurred during the summer, on July 16-17 on eastern mainland Greece and on July 22-23, the day of the Attica fires. Temperatures did not exceed 40C in Attica during the summer for the first time since 2007, when the weather station network began operating.
RELATED TOPICS: Greece, Greek tourism news, Tourism in Greece, Greek islands, Hotels in Greece, Travel to Greece, Greek destinations , Greek travel market, Greek tourism statistics, Greek tourism report
Photo Source: Wikimedia Commons Copyright: Marek Bakajsa License: CC-BY-SA pixabay.com
