April 19, 2024

Athens News

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A heat wave is coming when it reaches Greece

The meteorologist warns of the approaching record heat wave, but it is still almost a week away.

On Sunday, Sakis Arnautoglu warned on Facebook that a heat wave is expected in Europe at the end of the week. It is expected that it will reach Greece as well. Most likely, the meteorologist assumes, records of hot weather in Europe will be broken, and Greece will experience high temperatures in the third decade of July.

But until then, Sakis Arnautoglu promises that, according to forecasts, the upcoming week will be “mild”, the temperature will not exceed 34 ° C until the weekend of July 16-17, writes newsbeast.gr.

Previously, our publication said that the Eastern Mediterranean is one of the hot spots climate change: while at the global level the temperature increased by 0.7°C from 1980 to 2010, in this area it increased by one and a half degrees. Over the past 30 years, there has been a significant increase in the number of days per year with a period of intense heat, and days with sub-zero temperatures are decreasing.



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