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While the rest of Europe has been experiencing unprecedented temperatures this year, some reaching record levels, Cyprus??? summer 2022 is nothing out of the ordinary and the island has not seen any record heat so far, according to the met office. ...

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It may not be 'Anything out of the ordinary' but it has certainly been hot up to now..

trevnhil wrote: ↑Thu Aug 04, 2022 12:21 pm It may not be 'Anything out of the ordinary' but it has certainly been hot up to now..

In terms of temperature, I agree with the Met office and, in fact, I think this has been one of the coolest summers since we came out here to Cyprus. The max temperature here, in Mosfiloti, has been 38.3° C, a couple of days ago, corresponding to about 39.5° in the Nicosia suburbs. I ignore the Met office peaks at Athalassa, as they are one offs and not an average. The maximum here, in Mosfiloti, a few years ago was 42.8° C (if I remember correctly, it hovered around 44° C, around the Nicosia district, on one occasion), so that you can see that the statement "out of the ordinary" is meaningful.

What has made this year slightly uncomfortable is a tiny bit higher than average relative humidity.

As I write at 14:45, the temperature here is 36.3° C after a maximum of 36.7° C just 20 minutes ago.

Although we are, I think, 14 km from the sea, as the crow flies, we get the seabreeze, usually starting about midday. Today, the maximum gust was 5.0 m/s at 14:42 and the maximum average was 4.8 m/s at the same time.

CURRENT WEATHER REPORT FROM: Mosfiloti
Conditions: Dry
Temperature: 24.6 °C
Trend: -1.3 °C /hr
Average windspeed: 0.0 m/s
Current speed: 0.0 m/s
Direction: N 003 °
Barometer: 1008.9 hPa
Pressure trend +0.1hPa/hr
Humidity: 81 %
Dew point: 21.1 °C
Todays rain: 0.0 mm
Monthly rain: 0.0 mm
Yearly rain: 433.0 mm
Maximum temperature: 36.5 °C at time: 14:34
Maximum heat index temperature: 43.0 °C at time: 13:50
Minimum temperature: 22.2 °C at time: 05:41
Maximum gust today: 6.3 m/s WSW at time: 15:14
Max gust last 10 mins:: 0.0kmh
Current Windchill: 24.6 °C
Indoor Temp.: 29.5 °C
Indoor Hum.: 50 %
Solar radiation: 0.0 w/m2
Sunshine hours for year: 993.8
Sunshine hours for month: 20.9
Sunshine hours for day: 6.9
Created by "Weather Display" version 10.37S Build 143 3:06:07 pm 28/07/2022
Time of Weather report: 11:58:06 pm Date of report: 08/03/2022

I have to say that August is probably the most uncomfortable month for me because of being unable to have a walk during the day. However, as far as we're concerned, this summer is just the same as every other summer of the past 19 years we've lived in Cyprus.

Just come back from a walk to the village center to get my mail about 150 yard each way.
Got in the house and the first thing I did was take my cloths off as they where sticking to me.
Then towel my self down three times and I am still dripping wet.
And it's 37 in the shade in the court yard.

Paul wrote: ↑Fri Aug 05, 2022 12:04 pm Just come back from a walk to the village center to get my mail about 150 yard each way.
Got in the house and the first thing I did was take my cloths off as they where sticking to me.
Then towel my self down three times and I am still dripping wet.
And it's 37 in the shade in the court yard.

That is more because of the humidity them because of the temperature. This causes the heat index to rise, making it more uncomfortable, especially when the wind is low. If you like, it's the analogy of it feeling cold in winter because of a biting wind. When the humidity is low, such as in the desert, even 40° C is not unacceptable.