Temperature

He initially announced a significant drop in temperature for Christmas, which will be preceded by real spring days, when the temperature will reach 17 degrees.

Last month was the hottest August on record globally, the third straight month in a row to set such a record following the hottest ever June and July, the European Union's Copernicus climate change panel said on Wednesday.

Scientists have identified the maximum mix of heat and humidity a human body can survive.

Even a healthy young person will die after enduring six hours of 35-degree Celsius (95 Fahrenheit) warmth when coupled with 100 percent humidity, but new research shows that threshold could be significantly lower.

"The average minimum air temperature in August will have values above the long-term average, with its value on average being higher by about 1.3 degrees Celsius compared to the long-term average," as stated on the Hidmet website.

The month of July 2023 was the hottest in central Athens since 1863, according to the records of the National Observatory.

The average 24-hour temperature in July this year was 31.3 degrees Celsius (88.34 Fahrenheit), the highest ever recorded at the observatory. This was followed by July 2012, when the average was 31.1 Celsius, and July 2007, when it was 30.6C.

Iran announced a nationwide two-day holiday because of increasing temperatures, state media reported Tuesday.

A warmer-than-usual winter and a two-week heatwave that pushed the thermometer above 40 degrees Celsius on successive days has raised the temperature of Greece's seas by as much as 5 degrees, a report showed on Saturday.

Authorities have ordered the Acropolis to close from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Tuesday as temperatures climb to the 40-Celsius mark.

The iconic site has been closed during the hottest part of the day for several days over the past two weeks as Greece struggles with a persistent heatwave that has sent the thermometer in many parts of the country soaring to as high as 45 degrees Celsius.

A new maximum temperature record in Greece was registered on Sunday, according to measurements from the automatic meteorological stations of the National Observatory of Athens.

That is causing problems for countries around the world and prompting them to urgently address climate change, which scientists say will make heat waves more frequent, more severe and more deadly, according to Reuters.