105F In Rome; New June Record Highs In Norway, Italy; 15-35F Over Normal In Much Of E. Europe
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Rome rose to 105 degrees, a record for June and tied for the hottest recorded. Just outside the city, temperatures as high as 110 degrees were recorded at Tor Vergata. Other June record highs set Monday in Italy included Tuscany with 107 degrees, Florence at 106 degrees, Viterbo (also an all-time high) with 105 degrees and Naples at 100 degrees. Drought has hit the northern region of the country, where a dried-up Po River is affecting farming, hydroelectric power and drinking water supplies. Milan recently announced that it would turn off all its fountains, among other water-saving measures, because of the record drought. It is among more than 100 towns and cities there to enact water restrictions.
Drought and extreme heat events in the Mediterranean have been stronger in recent decades, which has been attributed to an increase in global temperatures. Surface temperature in the Mediterranean is about 2.7 degrees (1.5 Celsius) above the preindustrial number, corresponding to an increase in high-temperature extreme events. A study released Tuesday found that the Mediterranean and northern Africa are expected to see large increases in the frequency of drought days. By 2065, drought days could make up more than 50 percent of the dry season in those regions if greenhouse gas emissions are not significantly curbed.
On the northern edge of the heat wave, Scandinavia hit record highs Monday. Saltdal, Norway, reached 89 degrees, a June record for that city. To the southeast, in Vihti Maasoja, Finland, the temperature hit a June record of 89 degrees. Readings approached 121 degrees in Tunisia, only a short distance from June records.
The unprecedented June heat continued Tuesday across Eastern Europe, western Russia and parts of Scandinavia. Locations on Norway’s Arctic coast of the Barents and Norwegian seas — like Andoya and Berlavag — have broken June and, in some cases, all-time records, with highs in an 85-to-90-degree zone.
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/06/28/record-heat-europe-italy-rome-scandinavia/
