List of extreme temperatures in Greece

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The following is a list of the most extreme temperatures ever recorded in Greece.

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Greece has recorded a high temperature of 48.0 °C in Elefsina and Tatoi (both located in the Athens metropolitan area). In June 2007, Monemvasia in mainland Greece recorded a minimum temperature of 35.9 °C. [1] [2] [3]

The lowest temperature ever recorded was -27.8 °C in Ptolemaida on the 27th of January 1963 (a sinkhole in Kechroti recorded -35.3 °C in January of 2012). [4] [5]

According to the national press of the time, on the 10th of July 1977 the Hellenic National Meteorological Service station in Almyros recorded 49.0 °C, the second station in Tatoi (belonging to the National Observatory of Athens) recorded 48.7 °C [6] and the stations in Volos, Velestino and Messara[ vague ] registered 48.0 °C (these readings have not been confirmed). [7] [8] [9] [10]

On the night between 25 and 26 of June 2007 the temperature did not drop below 38.0 °C in the Palaiochora National Observatory of Athens station. [11] On the night of the 11th of January 2021 the National Observatory of Athens station in Falasarna recorded a temperature of 28.3 °C due to strong Föhn winds while the minimum temperature for that day was 22.6 °C marking both the highest January temperature during a night and the highest January minimum temperature ever recorded in Greece. [12] [13] [14]

Highest temperatures

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Locations where temperature has reached or surpassed 46.0 °C (114.8 °F)
Elefsina holds the record for the highest temperature recorded in Greece and Continental Europe at 48.0 degC (118.4 degF) Thalassa-eleysina.jpg
Elefsina holds the record for the highest temperature recorded in Greece and Continental Europe at 48.0 °C (118.4 °F)
TemperatureLocationDate Recorded
48.0 °C (118.4 °F) [15] [1] Elefsina (Athens)July 10, 1977
48.0 °C (118.4 °F) [15] Tatoi (Athens)July 10, 1977
47.5 °C (117.5 °F) [16] Aspropyrgos (Athens)June 26, 2007
47.5 °C (117.5 °F) [15] Nea Filadelfeia (Athens)June 26, 2007
47.2 °C (117.0 °F) [4] [17] Trikala (Thessaly)August 23, 1958
47.1 °C (116.8 °F) [18] [note 1] Lagkadas (Macedonia)August 3, 2021
46.5 °C (115.7 °F) [15] Lamia (Central Greece)July 19, 1973
46.4 °C (115.5 °F) [15] Argos (Peloponnese)June 26, 2007
46.4 °C (115.5 °F) [15] [19] Elefsina (Athens)July 19, 1973
46.4 °C (115.5 °F) [20] Gytheio (Peloponnese)July 23, 2023
46.3 °C (115.3 °F) [21] Argos (Peloponnese)August 3, 2021
46.3 °C (115.3 °F) [22] Makrakomi (Central Greece)August 2, 2021
46.2 °C (115.2 °F) [23] Avlonas (Attica)July 26, 2023
46.2 °C (115.2 °F) [15] Nea Anchialos (Thessaly)July 19, 1973
46.2 °C (115.2 °F) [15] Nea Filadelfeia (Athens)June 26, 2007
46.2 °C (115.2 °F) [24] Makrakomi (Central Greece)August 3, 2021
46.2 °C (115.2 °F) [15] [25] Nea Filadelfeia (Athens)July 25, 2007
46.2 °C (115.2 °F) [26] Palaiochora (Crete)Unknown date
46.1 °C (115.0 °F) [27] Agia Triada, Phthiotis (Central Greece)July 26, 2023
46.1 °C (115.0 °F) [24] Arfara (Peloponnese)August 3, 2021
46.1 °C (115.0 °F) [28] Filothei (Athens)August 3, 2021
46.0 °C (114.8 °F) [15] Tanagra (Central Greece)July 19, 1973
46.0 °C (114.8 °F) [15] [25] Argos (Peloponnese)July 25, 2007
46.0 °C (114.8 °F) [4] Astros (Peloponnese)June 26, 2007
46.0 °C (114.8 °F) [29] Sparta (Peloponnese)August 24, 1924
45.9 °C (114.6 °F) [30] Magoula (Athens)August 3, 2021
45.9 °C (114.6 °F) [24] Stylida (Central Greece)August 3, 2021
45.9 °C (114.6 °F) [31] Moires (Crete)July 1, 2017
45.9 °C (114.6 °F) [15] Ilion (Athens)June 26, 2007
45.9 °C (114.6 °F) [32] Amfissa (Central Greece)July 23, 2023
45.9 °C (114.6 °F) [33] Kranidi (Peloponnese)July 23, 2023
45.8 °C (114.4 °F) [24] Kranidi (Peloponnese)August 3, 2021
45.8 °C (114.4 °F) [15] [34] Elefsina (Athens)June 24, 2007
45.8 °C (114.4 °F) [35] Skala, Messenia (Peloponnese)July 25, 2025

Notes

  1. The Lagkadas record has been removed for unknown reasons from the meteosearch database of the National Observatory of Athens .

Highest temperatures per month

Month
LocationTemperatureDate Recorded
January Vryses [36] [37] 30.4 °C (87 °F)January 1, 2010
February Vryses [38] [39] 32.1 °C (90 °F)February 20, 2010
March Fodele [40] [41] 34.9 °C (95 °F)March 16, 2025
April Heraklion [42] 37.5 °C (100 °F)April 22, 2008
MayPlora [42] 41.8 °C (107 °F)May 16, 2020
June Nea Filadelfeia [15] and Aspropyrgos [16] 47.5 °C (117 °F)June 26, 2007
July Elefsina and Tatoi [15] [1] 48.0 °C (118 °F)July 10, 1977
August Trikala [4] [17] 47.2 °C (117 °F)August 23, 1958
September Larissa and Sivas [43] 41.9 °C (107 °F)September 5 and 7, 2015 respectively
October Souda [42] [44] 40.0 °C (104 °F)October 19, 1979
November Fodele [45] [46] [note 1] 35.2 °C (95 °F)November 4, 2023
December Vryses and Heraklion [42] [47] 29.6 °C (85 °F)December 1 and 2, 2010 respectively

Notes

  1. Also 35.1 °C (95 °F) in Sisi on the same day widely sourced as a record ,

Highest minimum temperatures

TemperatureLocationDate Recorded
37.0 °C (98.6 °F) [48] [49] Kythira July 4, 1998
36.2 °C (97.2 °F) [50] Kythira June 26, 2007
36.0 °C (96.8 °F) [51] Kythira June 27, 2007
35.9 °C (96.6 °F) [52] [53] Monemvasia June 27, 2007
35.8 °C (96.4 °F) [54] Palaiochora June 27, 2007
35.8 °C (96.4 °F) [55] Tympaki August 4, 2021
35.2 °C (95.4 °F) [56] [57] Plakias August 3, 2021
35.2 °C (95.4 °F) [58] [59] Palaiochora August 4, 2021

Lowest temperatures

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Some locations where temperature fell at or under −21.0 °C (−5.8 °F)
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−27.8 °C (−18.0 °F) [4] Ptolemaida (Macedonia)January 27, 1963
−25.1 °C (−13.2 °F) [60] Florina (Macedonia)January 18, 2012
−25.1 °C (−13.2 °F) [61] Florina (Macedonia)January 17, 2012
−25.1 °C (−13.2 °F) [62] Neos Kafkasos (Macedonia)February 16, 2021
−25.0 °C (−13.0 °F) [4] Kavala (Macedonia)January 27, 1954
−24.5 °C (−12.1 °F) [63] Florina (Macedonia)January 16, 2012
−23.0 °C (−9.4 °F) [4] Florina (Macedonia)February 4, 1929
−23.0 °C (−9.4 °F) [64] Florina (Macedonia)January 8, 2019
−23.0 °C (−9.4 °F) [4] Serres (Macedonia)January 27, 1963
−23.0 °C (−9.4 °F) [4] Kastoria (Macedonia)December 19, 2001
−22.7 °C (−8.9 °F) [65] Florina (Macedonia)January 16, 2012
−22.4 °C (−8.3 °F) [66] Kastoria (Macedonia)January 6, 1993
−22.4 °C (−8.3 °F) [67] Neos Kafkasos (Macedonia)January 6, 2019
−22.2 °C (−8.0 °F) [68] Florina (Macedonia)January 16, 2012
−22.0 °C (−7.6 °F) [69] Florina (Macedonia)January 6, 1993
−21.6 °C (−6.9 °F) [4] Larissa (Thessaly)January 15, 1968
−21.4 °C (−6.5 °F) [70] Florina (Macedonia)January 9, 1990
−21.4 °C (−6.5 °F) [71] Florina (Macedonia)January 6, 2019
−21.3 °C (−6.3 °F) [72] Florina (Macedonia)January 8, 2017
−21.1 °C (−6.0 °F) [73] Florina (Macedonia)January 20, 1967
−21.0 °C (−5.8 °F) [4] Trikala (Thessaly)December 19, 2001

Lowest temperatures per month

Month
LocationTemperatureDate Recorded
January Ptolemaida (Macedonia) [74] −27.8 °C (−18.0 °F)27 January 1963
February Neos Kafkasos (Macedonia) [62] −25.1 °C (−13.2 °F)16 February 2021
March Kajmakčalan (Macedonia) [75] −19.1 °C (−2 °F)11 March 2022
April Kastoria (Macedonia) [76] −14.0 °C (7 °F)8 April 2003
May Kajmakčalan (Macedonia) [77] −4.6 °C (24 °F)6 May 2011
June Kajmakčalan (Macedonia) [78] −0.6 °C (31 °F)1 June 2021
July Kajmakčalan (Macedonia) [79] 2.6 °C (37 °F)8 July 2010
August Kajmakčalan (Macedonia) [80] 1.7 °C (35 °F)23 August 2017
September Kajmakčalan (Macedonia) [81] −4.5 °C (24 °F)27 September 2018
October Kajmakčalan (Macedonia) [82] −10.0 °C (14 °F)16 October 2011
November Seli (Macedonia) [83] −13.2 °C (8 °F)30 November 2016
December Kastoria (Macedonia) [4] −-23.0 °C (73 °F)19 December 2001

Sinkholes

Sinkholes lowest temperatures

TemperatureLocationDate Recorded
−35.3 °C (−31.5 °F) [84] Mainalo (Kechroti sinkhole)17 January 2012
−33.1 °C (−27.6 °F) [84] Mount Parnassus (Sesi sinkhole)17 January 2012
−32.9 °C (−27.2 °F) [84] Mainalo (Kechroti sinkhole)8 January 2015
−32.8 °C (−27.0 °F) [84] Mainalo (Kechroti sinkhole)9 January 2017
−32.5 °C (−26.5 °F) [84] Mainalo (Kechroti sinkhole)26 January 2011
−31.6 °C (−24.9 °F) [84] Mount Parnassus (Sesi sinkhole)15 February 2015

Sinkholes lowest temperatures per month

Month
LocationTemperatureDate Recorded
January Mainalo (Kechroti sinkhole) [84] −35.3 °C (−32 °F)17 January 2012
February Mount Parnassus (Sesi sinkhole) [84] [85] −31.6 °C (−25 °F)15 February 2015
March Mount Parnassus (Vathistalos sinkhole) [84] −28.1 °C (−19 °F)13 March 2022
April Mount Parnassus (Sesi sinkhole) [84] −15.3 °C (4 °F)7 April 2023
May Mount Parnassus (Iraklis site) [84] −10.1 °C (14 °F)9 May 2015
June Mount Parnassus (Vathistalos sinkhole) [84] −5.8 °C (22 °F)3 June 2021
July Mainalo (Kechroti sinkhole) [84] −4.4 °C (24 °F)4 July 2012
August Mount Parnassus (Vathistalos sinkhole) [84] −3.3 °C (26 °F)30 August 2023
September Mount Parnassus (Vathistalos sinkhole) [84] −11.3 °C (12 °F)25 September 2022
October Mount Parnassus (Sesi sinkhole) [84] −18.3 °C (−1 °F)20 October 2011
November Mainalo (Kechroti sinkhole) [84] −17.9 °C (0 °F)21 November 2011
December Mount Parnassus (Vathistalos sinkhole) [84] −-27.9 °C (82 °F)23 December 2021

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