Josh Romano

On Friday the cold phase ended, particularly intense for the period, especially in the Adriatic regions. From today, an anticyclonic comeback from the southwest has started, which will lead to high temperatures in the northern regions in the coming days.

The third decade of March has been rather cold, especially in the Adriatic regions. Therefore, the month of March in Italy will close around + 0.5 ° / + 0.7 ° above the 81/10 average, since the first two decades have been warm.

This very mild March will now see a sharp drop in temperature, especially in the Adriatic regions, with fully winter temperatures.

This hot March continues, especially in the center and south. But the models predict a significant cold action on the weekend.

Unfortunately, also March is not deviating from the strong positive anomalies of the last few months (let's say substantially since June 2019), except in the north-west of Italy, where in this case they are more reduced.

February 2020 was the hottest, beating February 2016. From June 2019 to February 2020 no Italian month had an anomaly on the thirty-year average used below 1 ° but the most above average were precisely June and February.

The city of Aosta, in the northwest of Italy and at a hilly altitude, yesterday recorded the absurd temperature of 26 degrees, setting its new monthly record! This hot winter is coming to an end, we will see if it was the hottest of the Italian historical series.

February continues to be very mild: there is no trace of relevant cold actions and at this point this winter could be the hottest post-war period in Italy or the second hottest.

Yes, but the mass of air was very hot for the period and the thermal at altitude was worthy of late spring

The north-west of Italy is the area of southern Europe that has warmed most in this part of the century. Quite similar temperatures occurred in the very mild January 2007.

The days of today and tomorrow could see some monthly heat records beaten ... despite we are only in the first decade of the month. Locally, in the major islands, it could exceed 24 °. Yesterday there were temperatures from late spring in the south of France.

Unfortunately at the moment there are no signs of a turn in favor of the cold; indeed, from Monday the temperatures will be even higher, first in the north, later in the center and in the south, with peaks of 23/24 degrees on the Adriatic coast, due to the favonic effect. Some monthly records could also drop (many date back to February 2014 in the areas I mentioned).

In the third decade of January mildness increased, due to south-western currents. This January will close with a higher anomaly than expected, around + 1 on 81/10. Since June 2019 no month in Italy has had an anomaly less than 1 ° on this thirty-year average.

January continues on the path of mildness, indeed it does so with more conviction: while in the first half of the month thermal inversions prevailed, the second half seems to see the prevalence of mild and rainy Atlantic currents, in the absence of real cold waves. The hottest period started in June 2019 also continues in Italy.

The strongly anti-cyclonic phase continues in Italy (but not only in Italy), apart from some weak Atlantic interference in the coming days, limited to northern Italy and Sardinia. However, it is not an extremely mild January, unlike, for example, January 2018, as there are thermal inversions in many lowland areas. The models reveal a change in the third decade, with the arrival of a possible cold / freezing wave, more noticeable on the Adriatic regions.

The day of Epiphany, January 6th, ends the Christmas holidays and is very popular in Italy. In particular, in Rome there is always the memory of the historic snowfall of 06.01.1985, the largest of the 20th century. Here are the temperatures recorded at the Roman College on all 6 January from 2001 to 2019. The warming experienced in recent decades is noted more than the temperatures on New Year's day, although with some rare exceptions such as in the days of Epiphany in 2002,2012 , 2017: 06.01.2001 + 10.4 ° / + 18.5 ° 06.01.2002 -1.9 ° / + 7.0 ° 06.01.2003 + 10.1 ° / + 17.2 ° 06.01.2004 + 7.2 ° / + 13.5 ° 06.01.2005 + 5.0 ° / + 13.7 ° 06.01.2006 + 4.7 ° / + 8.9 ° 06.01.2007 + 5.3 ° / + 12.5 ° 06.01.2008 + 8.1 ° / + 13.2 ° 06.01.2009 + 6.1 ° / 12.2 ° 06.01.2010 + 7.5 ° / + 12.0 ° 06.01.2011 + 6.0 ° / + 12.2 ° 06.01.2012 + 0.9 ° / + 10.2 ° 06.01.2013 + 5.6 ° / + 14.0 ° 06.01.2014 + 7.1 ° / + 13.5 ° 06.01.2015 + 4.5 ° / + 11.9 ° 06.01.2016 + 8.8 ° / + 17.0 ° 06.01.2017 -5.5 ° / + 5.9 ° 06.01.2018 + 8.1 ° / + 13.2 ° 06.01.2019 + 0.0 ° / + 9.1 °

Happy 2020 to all! Here are the temperatures recorded at the Roman College (central Rome) in all New Years from 2001 to 2019. Note that statistically New Year's day is much colder than Christmas in Rome! 01.01.2001 + 4.3 ° / + 11.2 ° 01.01.2002 -1.1 ° / + 7.9 ° 01.01.2003 + 7.5 ° / + 14.5 ° 01.01.2004 + 7.0 ° / + 14.1 ° 01.01.2005 + 6.1 ° / + 14.2 ° 01.01.2006 + 5.1 ° / + 9.9 ° 01.01.2007 + 2.1 ° / + 12.6 ° 01.01.2008 + 6.9 ° / + 13.0 ° 01.01.2009 + 1.9 ° / + 9.1 ° 01.01.2010 + 10.0 ° / + 15.4 ° 01.01.2011 + 5.1 ° / + 12.7 ° 01.01.2012 + 2.5 ° / + 12.0 ° 01.01.2013 + 7.2 ° / + 12.8 ° 01.01.2014 + 6.9 ° / + 13.4 ° 01.01.2015 -3.2 ° / + 7.2 ° 01.01.2016 + 9.0 ° / + 14.1 ° 01.01.2017 + 2.1 ° / + 10.8 ° 01.01.2018 + 6.0 ° / + 13.2 ° 01.01.2019 + 5.4 ° / + 11.9 °

Here are the temperatures recorded on Christmas Eve and Christmas day in the station of the Roman College (central Rome) in this century: 24.12.2001 -0.2 ° + 9.1 ° 12/25/2001 -0.8 ° + 8.1 ° 24.12.2002 + 7.6 ° + 12.5 ° 12/25/2002 + 8,5 ° + 13,2 ° 24.12.2003 + 0.1 ° + 8.5 ° 25.12.2003 -1.1 ° + 11.2 ° 24.12.2004 + 4.4 ° + 10.0 ° 12/25/2004 + 5.5 ° + 12.7 ° 12/24/2005 + 3,9 ° + 11,5 ° 12/25/2005 + 4,2 ° + 10,7 ° 24.12.2006 + 1.1 ° + 11.2 ° 12/25/2006 + 3,0 ° + 11,9 ° 24.12.2007 + 1.5 ° + 11.0 ° 12/25/2007 + 2,0 ° + 10,2 ° 24.12.2008 + 1.0 ° + 10.4 ° 25.12.2008 + 0.7 ° + 11.8 ° 24.12.2009 + 8.8 ° + 18.6 ° 25.12.2009 + 14.1 ° + 18.4 ° 24.12.2010 + 4.8 ° + 12.0 ° 25.12.2010 + 3.0 ° + 11.2 ° 24.12.2011 + 3.2 ° + 11.9 ° 25.12.2001 + 2.7 ° + 11.5 ° 24.12.2012 + 7.5 ° + 13.0 ° 12/25/2012 + 11.1 ° + 13.1 ° 24.12.2013 + 3.8 ° + 13.1 ° 25.12.2013 + 5.0 ° + 12.9 ° 24.12.2014 + 5.5 ° + 13.2 ° 12/25/2014 + 3,5 ° + 13,0 ° 24.12.2015 + 4.6 ° + 14.0 ° 25.12.2015 + 4.6 ° + 13.5 ° 12/24/2016 + 1.9 ° + 12.0 ° 12/25/2016 + 3.5 ° + 12.2 ° 24.12.2017 + 5.1 ° + 13.1 ° 25.12.2017 + 6.0 ° + 12.9 ° 24.12.2018 + 7.1 ° + 13.4 ° 25.12.2018 + 8.8 ° + 12.7 °

Best Christmas holidays to all forum members and your families! It will be a mild Christmas in Italy, probably the hottest third of this century, after Christmas 2002 and Christmas 2009 (which was spring especially in the center and south). In the following days temperatures should drop temporarily, especially in the Adriatic regions, the most above average in recent months but without particularly low values.

Yes, dear :)

In practice, in those days of August 2017, the temperatures of the Italian Apennines were comparable to the average temperatures of the Algerian Atlas.

Here are some data on the powerful heat wave that hit Italy and the central and southern Balkans in August 2017, one of the strongest ever recorded in these areas in a really terrible summer, second only to the historic European summer of 2003: PROVINCIA DI FROSINONE Alatri-Basciano 45,8 Alvito-Istituto S. Benedetto 40,7 Anagni-La Gloria 42,0 Arpino-Vigne Piane 42,0 Boville Ernica-Sasso 43,8 Esperia-Modale 43,6 Pastena-Acero 41,9 Piglio-Civitella 41,7 Pontecorvo-Melfi di Sotto 41,3 S. Elia Fiumerapido-Portella 41,3 S. Giorgio a Liri-Porto 42,1 Sgurgola-Campo Lungo 43,8 Vallecorsa-Serbatoio Comunale 40,4 PROVINCIA DI LATINA Cisterna-Doganella di Ninfa 41,0 Cori-Portone 41,8 PROVINCIA DI RIETI Borgovelino-Ponte Basso 41,9 Cantalupo-S.Francesco 41,8 Castel di Tora-Monte di Tora 41,6 Castelnuovo di Farfa-C. Spadone 43,3 Configni-Portella 42,2 Fara Sabina-Canneto 44,6 Fara Sabina-Sant'Andrea 42,2 Monteleone Sabino-Prato Camino 41,4 Montopoli in Sabina-Colle Arcone 41,9 Montopoli in Sabina-Villa Caprola 43,7 Poggio Catino-Pastine 42,2 It is interesting to note that many of the locations mentioned are not located in the plains but at mid or low hill altitude. In southeast of Italy , it touched the minimum of 30 ° in Puglia and Basilicata (latitude like Castilla and Mancha in Spain). In Podgorica (Montenegro) for 10 days the maximum temperature was between 35 ° and 41 ° and the minimum touched twice 27 degrees, exceeding the record of July 2007 and July 1987, but also the end of August 2003. In Milan have reached peaks of 37/38 degrees, beating the record in August 2003 and August 2012.

8,2° and 8,6°,not 8,2% and 8,6%, sorry...

Using the average 2001/18, the Rome Ciampino station has an average of 26 ° in July, compared to 24.4 ° in the 71/2000 average. This data highlights the strong summer warming that occurred in Italy and in the central Mediterranean in general. Conversely, in January Rome rose from 8.2% on average to 71/10 to 8.6% on the 2001/18 average, so the heating for this time of the year was more moderate and slow.