Two degrees higher in 13 years. Global warming affects the North more, where the average annual temperature recorded in the provincial capital cities went from 13.1° C in 2010 to 15.1° C in 2023. An average of averages which, on the one hand, flattens the peaks , but on the other hand it allows us to concretely measure – thermometers in hand – the effects of climate change.
The average increase is slightly more contained in the Centre, equal to 1.8 degrees, and even lower in the urban centers of the South, where in the last thirteen years, however, summer records for the lowest temperature have been recorded – particularly in Sicily. highest ever recorded in Europe.
The rise in temperatures emerges from the processing of the moving average of annual temperatures (calculated over a three-year period) starting from the meteorological surveys of 3bmeteo in 112 cities: over 2 thousand control units spread across the national territory extract the data every six hours. The data from the well-known weather forecast portal were processed by the research office of Il Sole 24 Ore.
The results certify the surge in temperatures of the last decade which numerous research centers confirm has been more accentuated than in previous periods.
The different impact of the ongoing phenomenon, in the North or South of the country, is linked to the numerous other meteorological phenomena that influence temperatures, primarily winds and variable atmospheric conditions. Furthermore, geography has an impact on these trends: the mainland heats up much more easily than the areas overlooking the sea. Finally, the phenomenon of the melting of glaciers in the Western Alps is fueling the increase in local temperatures more than average in the North, compared to other areas of the peninsula.
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2024-03-26 00:45:49