2023 a year of negative weather records for Greece

Greece smashed a total of nine climate records in 2023, according to a recent report by Climatebook.gr, a website dedicated to the subject, with expert contributors.

Presenting the data compiled by the platform, meteorologist and head of research at the National Observatory of Athens Kostas Lagouvardos and NOA researcher Stavros Dafis noted that 2023 was the hottest and driest year Greece had seen in three decades, it had the highest sea temperatures since 1991, and the greatest expanse of land destroyed by fire, but also the fewest whirlwinds in 20 years. December 2023, meanwhile, was the hottest since 1991, with a deviation of 4-5 degrees Celsius from previous years, September was the wettest since 1991 as a result of the massive storm in central Greece, but February was one of the driest ever reported in Greece, withs some areas seeing no rain at all throughout the month....