Summer 2024 in Greece the hottest since records began

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The summer of 2024 has officially been recorded as the hottest ever in Greece, based on preliminary meteorological data analyzed by the scientific team at the Athens National Observatory’s weather service, meteo.gr.

According to amna.gr, this season was defined by prolonged heatwaves, with temperatures far surpassing the seasonal averages across the entire country. June and July 2024 both set new records as the hottest months ever documented in Greece, while August 2024 ranked as the second hottest, following August 2021.

Overall, summer 2024 exceeded the average temperature for the 1991-2020 period by a striking +2.9°C, surpassing the previous record-holding summer of 2012 by +1°C. Analysing the long-term trend of average summer temperatures from 1960 to 2024 reveals an increase of +2.3°C.

In areas of western and northern Greece the average temperature for the summer of 2024 fluctuated by 2-3 ° C (even +4 ° C in some areas) above the average value in the period 1991-2020, while the rest of the country was warmer by 1- 2 ° C. In no part of Greece did the deviation of the average temperature fall below +1.4 ° C. The lowest positive deviations were recorded in the region of the Aegean sea, due to the etesian winds (northerly summer winds).

Source: amna.gr

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