List of extreme temperatures in Italy
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The following table lists the highest and lowest temperatures recorded in each region in Italy, in both Celsius and Fahrenheit.
| Region | Record high Temperature |
Date | Place(s) | Record low Temperature |
Date | Place(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abruzzo | 40.8 °C (105.4 °F) | July 6, 1950 | Pescara | −41.0 °C (−41.8 °F) | January 1985 | Campo Imperatore, Gran Sasso |
| Aosta Valley | 38.4 °C (101.1 °F)[1] | June 25, 2003 | Saint-Christophe | −42.0 °C (−43.6 °F) | January 30, 1963 | Gran Gioves, Monte Bianco |
| Apulia | 47.0 °C (116.6 °F) | June 25, 2007 | Foggia | −14.0 °C (6.8 °F) | February 1929 | San Giovanni Rotondo |
| Basilicata | 45.9 °C (114.6 °F)[2] | July 24, 2007 | Pisticci | −10.8 °C (12.6 °F) | January 14, 1968 | Latronico |
| Calabria | 46.2 or 44.2 °C (115.2 or 111.6 °F) | July 1983 or July 25, 1983* | Melito di Porto Salvo or Reggio Calabria | −24.6 or −16.2 °C (−12.3 or 2.8 °F) | February 1993 or December 1, 1957 | Nocelle, Serrastretta or Monte Scuro, Sila |
| Campania | 43.7 °C (110.7 °F) | August 2011 | Castelvenere | −14.8 °C (5.4 °F) | January 6, 1966 | Trevico |
| Emilia-Romagna | 44.0 °C (111.2 °F)[3] | July 30, 1983 | Porretta Terme | −26.2 °C (−15.2 °F) | February 1956 and January 1985 | Anzola and Conselice |
| Friuli-Venezia Giulia | 40.7 °C (105.3 °F) | July 21, 2006 | Arzenutto, San Martino al Tagliamento | −34.0 °C (−29.2 °F) | January 6, 1985 | Alpe Tamer, Monte Mangart |
| Lazio | 45.0 °C (113.0 °F) | August 2007 | Boville Ernica | −22.5 °C (−8.5 °F) | January 3, 1979 | Monte Terminillo |
| Liguria | 40.5 or 38.5 °C (104.9 or 101.3 °F)[4] | July 2011 or June 29, 1935 | Sarzana or Statale Ligure, Genoa | −22.1 °C (−7.8 °F)[5] | February 6, 2012 | Sassello |
| Lombardy | 44.1 °C (111.4 °F) | July 21, 2006 | Pegognaga | −38.0 °C (−36.4 °F) | January 6, 1985* | Livigno |
| Marche | 44.0 °C (111.2 °F) | July 2000 | Ascoli Piceno | −20.0 °C (−4.0 °F)[6] | January 1985 | Castelsantangelo sul Nera |
| Molise | 42.7 °C (108.9 °F) | July 2012 | Melanico, Santa Croce di Magliano | −15.0 or −10.8 °C (5.0 or 12.6 °F) | January 5, 1980 or January 14, 1968 | Jelsi or Campobasso |
| Piedmont | 42.9 °C (109.2 °F)[7] | August 11, 2003 | Spineto Scrivia | −41.0 °C (−41.8 °F) | January 1929 | Margherita Hut, Monte Rosa |
| Sardinia | 47.3 °C (117.1 °F) | July 19, 2023 | Sestu | −17.0 °C (1.4 °F) | February 13, 2012 | Gavoi |
| Sicily | 48.8 °C (119.8 °F) | August 11, 2023 | Floridia or Siracusa | −15.2 °C (4.6 °F)[8] | February 9, 1956 | Casa Cantoniera, Mount Etna |
| Trentino-South Tyrol | 40.1 °C (104.2 °F) | August 11, 2003 | Tramin | −49.6 °C (−57.3 °F)[9] | February 10, 2013 | Busa Fradusta, Pale di San Martino, Trento |
| Tuscany | 43.1 °C (109.6 °F) | August 6, 2003 | Antella | −26.0 °C (−14.8 °F) | January 8, 1985 | Firenzuola |
| Umbria | 44.5 °C (112.1 °F)[10] | August 3, 2017 | Orvieto | −28.0 °C (−18.4 °F) | February 7, 2005 | Castelluccio, Norcia |
| Veneto | 40.2 °C (104.4 °F)[11] | July 23, 2022 | Treviso | −45.5 °C (−49.9 °F)[12] | December 18, 2009 | Busa delle Sponde Alte, Pale di San Martino, Belluno |
*Also on earlier date or dates in that region or city.
Notes
[edit]- ^ L’ondata calda della 2°/3° decade di agosto 2012 ed il calo termico successivo Archived 2013-08-14 at archive.today
- ^ Temperature record in Basilicata
- ^ Arpa Emilia-Romagna: Porretta Terme Temperatures (1961-1990)
- ^ La Rubrica di NIA: L’Ondata di caldo più anomala di sempre, Giugno 1935
- ^ L’era glaciale di Sassello
- ^ Termometro a meno venti gradi
- ^ Estate 2003 in Piemonte
- ^ "In Sicilia, a Floridia, ci sono 48,8 gradi: La temperatura più alta mai registrata in Europa". 8 November 2021.
- ^ Record di freddo in Italia: -49.6°C sulle Pale di San Martino
- ^ "Umbria, caldo record: Registrati 44,5 gradi, "a Perugia mai così caldo dal 1920"".
- ^ "Ogimet, Treviso (Italy), July 23, 2022".
- ^ Report Progetto Doline e Siti Triveneti 2009-2010 (Meteotriveneto.it)