Heavy rain won’t last

RAIN fell all over the island on Sunday night, after months of very little rain and unusually high temperatures for the time of year.

“The rain fall was topical and won’t continue for much longer, being replaced by clear weather,” meteorological service official Marios Theophilou said yesterday.

The Airport Meteorological Service recorded the rainfall at 0.8mm in Larnaca, 2.4mm in Pafos, 4mm in Limassol and 7.7mm in Nicosia.

According to Theophilou, as of today temperatures are set to rise slightly again but not much higher than the seasonal norm. However, this is the worst November in terms of rainfall in the 110 years since records have been kept.

The weather will remain clear for Wednesday and Thursday as well.

A more long term weather forecast for the rest of December and January predicts 20 per cent less rainfall than usual with temperatures half a degree higher than the norm.

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