March was one of hottest on record

BRACE yourselves, for if March is anything to go by, then this summer is set to be an absolute scorcher.

This March has been one of the hottest on record, with temperatures in Nicosia averaging around four degrees higher than the norm for this time of year.

“Temperatures have definitely been very high. For Nicosia at least, this month has so far been one of the hottest three of the past century,” a Meteorological Office expert said yesterday. Meteorological Office records stretch back to 1892.

This March has also been very dry. “We have so far had only 10 mm of rain, whereas the average for the month is 62mm,” the government meteorologist said.

The weather expert said the hot, dry weather was due to “a combination of factors” and pointed out that a similar pattern was being recorded the world over.

Global warming is expected to make the Eastern Mediterranean hotter and drier overall.

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