The “historic” station of Thisio confirmed the duration record – For 16 days the thermometers showed over 37 degrees
Unprecedented, at least for the last 160 years where there is evidence, it was the heat in Athens this July during the heat wave “Cleon”. As his thermometers showed “historical” meteorological station of Thisionthe only one in Greece that has been operating since 1860, July 2023 was the warmest corresponding month and also the warmest month in general on record.
“THE average maximum daytime temperature in July 2023 was 37.1 degrees Celsius and it was the highest ever recorded for the month of July,” said ERT meteorologist Panagiotis Giannopoulos, explaining that all the maximum temperatures of the month were added and divided by 31 to arrive at the average maximum temperature. The previous record was 36.9 degrees Celsius in 2012.
“We did not experience anything extreme in one day,” P. Yiannopoulos also noted, stressing that it is for record durationas for 16 days the average temperature exceeded 37 degreeswith their maximum value 42.8 degrees Celsius. This temperature is the fourth highest on record, with the record still held in June 2007 at 44.8 degrees Celsius.
THE highest minimum temperature was 30.8 degrees Celsiuswhich is the fifth highest, with the first occurring in 2021.
I don’t think it can happen again in the same year, P. Yiannopoulos said finally, commenting on the Bloomberg article about “new records in August”.
