List of extreme temperatures in Greece explained

The following is a list of the most extreme temperatures ever recorded in Greece.

Greece has recorded a high temperature of 48.0 °C in Elefsina and Tatoi (both located in the Athens metropolitan area). In June 2007, Monemvasia in mainland Greece recorded a minimum temperature of 35.9 °C.[1] [2] [3]

According to the national press of the time, on the 10th of July 1977 the Hellenic National Meteorological Service station in Almyros recorded 49.0 °C and the stations in Volos, Velestino and Messara registered 48.0 °C (these readings have not been confirmed). [4] [5] [6] [7]

On the night between 25 and 26 of June 2007 the temperature did not drop below 38.0 °C in the Palaiochora National Observatory of Athens station. [8] On the night of the 11th of January 2021 the National Observatory of Athens station in Falasarna recorded a stunning temperature of 28.3 °C due to strong Föhn winds while the minimum temperature for that day was 22.6 °C marking both the highest January temperature during a night and the highest January minimum temperature ever recorded in Greece.[9] [10] [11]

Highest temperatures

TemperatureLocationDate Recorded
48°C[12] Elefsina (Athens)July 10, 1977
48°CTatoi (Athens)July 10, 1977
47.5°C [13] Aspropyrgos (Athens)June 26, 2007
47.5°CNea Filadelfeia (Athens)June 26, 2007
47.2°C [14] [15] Trikala (Thessaly)August 23, 1958
47.1°C [16] Lagkadas (Macedonia)August 3, 2021
46.5°CLamia (Central Greece)July 19, 1973
46.4°CArgos (Peloponnese)June 26, 2007
46.4°C[17] Elefsina (Athens)July 19, 1973
46.4°C [18] Gytheio (Peloponnese)July 23, 2023
46.3°C [19] Argos (Peloponnese)August 3, 2021
46.3°C [20] Makrakomi (Central Greece)August 2, 2021
46.2°C [21] Avlonas (Attica)July 26, 2023
46.2°C Nea Anchialos (Thessaly)July 19, 1973
46.2°C Nea Filadelfeia (Athens)June 26, 2007
46.2°C [22] Makrakomi (Central Greece)August 3, 2021
46.2°C [23] Nea Filadelfeia (Athens)July 25, 2007
46.1°C [24] Agia Triada, Phthiotis (Central Greece)July 26, 2023
46.1°C Arfara (Peloponnese)August 3, 2021
46.1°C [25] Filothei (Athens)August 3, 2021
46°C Tanagra (Central Greece)July 19, 1973
46°C Argos (Peloponnese)July 25, 2007
46°C Astros (Peloponnese)June 26, 2007
46°C [26] Sparta (Peloponnese)August 24, 1924
45.9°C Stylida (Central Greece)August 3, 2021
45.9°C [27] Moires (Crete)July 1, 2017
45.9°C Ilion (Athens)June 26, 2007
45.9°C [28] Amfissa (Central Greece)July 23, 2023
45.9°C [29] Kranidi (Peloponnese)July 23, 2023
45.8°C Kranidi (Peloponnese)August 3, 2021
45.8°C [30] Elefsina (Athens)June 24, 2007

Lowest temperatures

TemperatureLocationDate Recorded
-27.8°C Ptolemaida (Macedonia)January 27, 1963
-25.1°C [31] Florina (Macedonia)January 18, 2012
-25°C Kavala (Macedonia)January 27, 1954
-23°C Florina (Macedonia)February 4, 1929
-23°C Serres (Macedonia)January 27, 1963
-23°C Kastoria (Macedonia)December 19, 2001
-22.2°C [32] Florina (Macedonia)January 16, 2012
-21.6°C Larissa (Thessaly)January 15, 1968
-21.4°C [33] Florina (Macedonia)January 9, 1990
-21°C Trikala (Thessaly)December 19, 2001

All time highest minimum temperatures

TemperatureLocationDate Recorded
37°C [34] [35] July 4, 1998
36.2°C [36] June 26, 2007
36°C [37] June 27, 2007
35.9°C [38] [39] June 27, 2007
35.8°C [40] June 27, 2007
35.8°C [41] August 4, 2021
35.2°C [42] [43] August 3, 2021
35.2°C [44] [45] August 4, 2021

Highest temperatures per month

Month
LocationTemperatureDate Recorded
JanuaryVryses[46] [47] 30.4CJanuary 1, 2010
FebruaryVryses[48] [49] 32.1CFebruary 20, 2010
MarchLarissa[50] style=white-space:nowrap34.8CMarch 27, 2001
AprilHeraklion37.5CApril 22, 2008
MayPlora 41.8CMay 16, 2020
JuneNea Filadelfeia and Aspropyrgos47.5CJune 26, 2007
JulyElefsina and Tatoi48CJuly 10, 1977
AugustTrikala47.2CAugust 23, 1958
SeptemberSivas and Larissa[51] 41.9CSeptember 5 and 7, 2015
OctoberSouda[52] 40COctober 19, 1979
NovemberSisi[53] [54] [55] 35.1CNovember 4, 2023
DecemberHeraklion and Vryses[56] 29.6CDecember 1 and 2, 2010

Notes and References

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