(ANSA) – TURIN, 18 JUNE – The day of 16 June, when the maximum temperature averaged 28.1 degrees, in Piedmont was the hottest in the last 65 years. This is what the ARPA (Regional Agency for Environmental Protection) found. In fact, the record for this date, which dates back to 2003 (average 27 degrees), has been pulverized. Meanwhile, on 17 June, the mercury column also touched values considered “anomalous” for the season. In Turin it reached 35.5, in Asti it reached 35.3.
“The cause of these temperatures – they explain to the regional agency – is the persistence over Western Europe of a high pressure promontory that stretches from North Africa to the English Channel, with important pressure values which are also anomalous for this reason. period of June “.
One of the effects are what the same Harp calls “tropical nights”, where the minimum is above 20 degrees. In Turin city it is necessary to return to the night between 12 and 13 June to find minimums below this threshold. (HANDLE).
Source: Ansa
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