Italy experiencing hottest year since 1800
28 Dec 2022 11:38am
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.
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
