Italy weather, today ‘risk’ hottest day of 2022

Record heat in Italy, day after day. It was detected yesterday – Sunday 3 July 2022 – what so far is the hottest day of 2022, with a maximum temperature of 36.1 ° C: today, however, we could also exceed these values. This was detected by the Unimore Geophysical Observatory, reporting yesterday temperatures of 37.8 ° C in Modena Campus Dief, even worse in Reggio Emilia with 38.8 ° C. Geophysicists predict that a few days will follow with high temperatures above seasonal averages, maximums of up to 35 ° C but also early local heat storms. For Thursday, meteorologists from the Unimore Geophysical Observatory say, “there could be a relatively cool turn, with a drop in temperatures of 6-7 degrees and the passage of even severe thunderstorms in the second part of the morning”. “However, it is not the end of summer, the thermal drop – they warn – will only bring temperatures back to the seasonal average. The relief will be temporary because from Friday the thermometer will rise again with the hypothesis of other heat waves at the end of the month” . Also for this summer of 2022 the heat as for the summer of 2003 is ‘Hyperestremo’ as it was defined then and, at the moment, the average temperatures are second only to that summer, while the rainfall is lower than in 2003, but the year last and in other years the drought was even worse.In detail, the Observatory notes that the average temperature of June 2022 in Modena Geophysical Observatory was 26.5 ° C, 2.9 ° C higher than the 1991-2020 average and second only to June in 2003, which had an average temperature of 27.5 ° C. However, in 2022, as in 2003, the heat began as early as May and in the two months of ‘early summer’ May-June 2022 the average temperature was 23.9 ° C. Also in this case we are second to 2003, which had an average of 24.4 ° C in the May-June two months. The number of ‘hot days’, ie with a maximum temperature greater than or equal to 30 ° C, was 23 in the two months and 25 in May-June 2003. Always analyzing in detail the trend of the maximum daily temperature in May-June 2022 compared to 2003, the scientists of the Unimore Geophysical Observatory note for “this year two notable, but brief refreshments, at the beginning and end of May, then a less intense one at the beginning of June. On the other hand, in May there was a period of heat well above the average even if not an absolute record. The absolute peak in 2003 was 36.4 ° C (June 13), while this year it was 35.9 ° C on June 20. The June day was an absolute record however, it was 06/26/2019 with 38.2 ° C. “Finally, the last decade of June 2022 is very similar to the same decade of 2003, very hot and constantly above average, with a respite of heat in both years around 27-28 June. Regarding the rains, the Observatory highlights that the situation this year sees 25 mm in June and 58.7 mm in May, for a total of 83.7 mm in the two months. In 2003, on the other hand, they measured 50.2 mm in May and 31.6 mm in June for a total of 81.8 mm. “In short, in both years, May has mitigated the damage caused by the drought, which emerges more by extending the time horizon to the first six months of the year. ‘whole year “underline the geophysicists of the Observatory. 228.3 mm of precipitation was measured in 2022, with a rainfall deficit of 30% compared to the 1991-2022 average. The situation is worse than that of 2003, which saw 274.2 mm fallen in the first 6 months of the year. It should be noted however, the geophysicists add, that the worst drought occurred in two other years: in the first six months of 2019, 178.6 mm of precipitation were measured while in 2012 it was 172.6 mm. Taking the local climatology data, 325.3 mm should fall in Modena.