Temperatures to remain relatively low for Cyprus this summer, says met office

IT MAY be hot and humid but at least Cyprus is heat-wave free and should remain so for the rest of the summer, the meteorological said on Monday.

The met office uses the first 15 days of a month to predict a trend for the next three months, an official with the met office said.

All indications point to summer temperatures ranging from some 37 degrees Centigrade in Nicosia to low 30s in coastal areas and a positively breezy 27C farther up on the Troodos Mountains.  The temperature was unlikely to go over 40C this summer, the met office said. Last year temperatures rose to over 44C during part of July.

It will even get a degree or two cooler within the next few days, a difference which the met office called “significant” given that it could mean the difference between a balmy 37C and a comfortable 35C, at least for those who can’t benefit from a cool sea breeze.

The downside to being close to the sea however is the humidity that both increases the sensation of heat and can contribute to breathing problems among vulnerable groups.

Although in Nicosia, the met office registered some 22 per cent humidity in the afternoon on Monday, in Paphos, near the airport, humidity came to 71 per cent. In Paralimni, humidity came to 39 per cent, in Larnaca 53 per cent, and in Limassol 56 per cent.

 

 

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