• Sicily Sets the Record

    From Lee Lofaso@2:203/2 to All on Wed Aug 11 23:38:38 2021
    Hello Everybody,

    And I thought our days were hot in Louisiana ...

    Sicily hits nearly 120 degrees, may have set Europe's all-time
    heat record

    Source: Axios

    A weather station in Sicily may have set an all-time high temperature
    record for all of Europe on Wednesday, when the temperature climbed to
    a scorching 48.8øC (119.8øF) amid a regional heat wave that has shown
    few signs of relenting.

    The big picture: The intense heat wave continues to roast the
    Mediterranean and northern Africa. The hot and dry weather has played
    a large role in creating the conditions conducive for explosive and
    devastating wildfires in Turkey and Greece.

    Details: Numerous monthly and national temperature records have fallen
    during the heat wave, including in Greece, Turkey and Tunisia, but if
    verified through an examination of the weather instruments, the Sicily observation would be the most noteworthy. The previous continental heat
    record was 48øC (118.4øF), set in Greece in 1977.

    For the record to be considered, a committee from the World
    Meteorological Organization would need to investigate the
    instrumentation and circumstances of the data, including whether
    similar temperatures were observed nearby.


    Read more:

    https://www.axios.com/europe-all-time-heat-record-set-sicily- 065cef11-fdb7-4aaf-abd5-82b5b8d7a475.html

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