The northern Italian city of Milan recorded its hottest day on Wednesday since temperature records began in 1763, Lombardy’s regional agency for environmental protection announced Friday.
According to the organization, the average temperature during the day of August 23 was 33 degrees Celsius, 0.2 degrees above the previous maximum of 32.8 degrees, registered 20 years ago, on August 11, 2003, thus exceeding constituting the new record since the beginning. of operation of the weather station of Milan Berra, 260 years ago.
Always according to the data from the regional agency, Milan also registered the next day, Thursday, August 24, a new record for the highest minimum temperature, of 28.9 degrees.
The agency points out that “intense and abnormal heat has been recorded not only in the plains, but also in the Alps”, noting that, since August 19, “every day temperatures exceeded 20 degrees at 2,200 meters of altitude, while at 3,000 meters maximum values of up to 16 degrees were recorded.
Milan, capital of the Lombardy region, was one of the many Italian cities that this week was on red alert for extremely high temperatures, derived from the Nero anticyclone, with thermometers that exceeded 40 degrees in several locations.
According to weather forecasts, the heat wave should end by the end of the week, giving way to heavy storms and heavy rain in some areas, especially in northern Italy, which should experience a sharp drop in temperatures.
Source: TSF
