ROME - Italy is experiencing a year that broke all heat records since 1800, the National Research Centre of Italy said Tuesday.
This year's record is related to high and average temperatures, said the Centre’s climatologist Bernardo Gozzini, adding that the record for low temperatures was in 2018.
Temperatures across the country are expected to be 5 to 6 degrees Celsius above the average on New Year's Eve, Anadolu Agency reported.
Italy experienced the most severe drought in the last 70 years due to the extreme heat and lack of rainfall during the year.
The drought caused a loss of €6 billion (US$6.4 billion), especially in the agricultural sector, according to Coldiretti, the largest organisation of farmers at the national and European level with one-and-a-half million members. - Bernama
This year's record is related to high and average temperatures, said the Centre’s climatologist Bernardo Gozzini, adding that the record for low temperatures was in 2018.
Temperatures across the country are expected to be 5 to 6 degrees Celsius above the average on New Year's Eve, Anadolu Agency reported.
Italy experienced the most severe drought in the last 70 years due to the extreme heat and lack of rainfall during the year.
The drought caused a loss of €6 billion (US$6.4 billion), especially in the agricultural sector, according to Coldiretti, the largest organisation of farmers at the national and European level with one-and-a-half million members. - Bernama