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Italy records its hottest summer since 1950

From ABC Color · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Italy recorded its hottest summer since 1950 in 2026, with a national average temperature of 24.3°C.
  • August reached an average of 25.6°C, 5.2°C above the 1951-1980 average, while July and August became the first consecutive record-hot months in the data series.
  • About 70% of Italy recorded temperature anomalies above 1°C from January through August, with the strongest effects in northwestern plains and parts of the Apennines.

Italy has recorded its hottest summer since 1950, with the national average reaching 24.3°C, according to data released by the Bioeconomy Institute of Italy’s National Research Council.

Temperatures exceeded those of the previous year in every month through August. The sharpest increase came in August, when the national average reached 25.6°C. That was 5.2°C above the average for August from 1951 to 1980, and 3.5°C above the 1991-2020 average of 22.1°C.

The data also suggest that 2026 could become Italy’s hottest year since 1950. For the first time in the historical series, July and August were consecutively the hottest months on record. Spring had already produced a record seasonal average of 12.1°C at two meters above the ground, matching the figure recorded in 2024, the hottest year overall since 1950, said Lorenzo Arcidiaco, the CNR researcher who worked on the study.

From January through August, about 70% of Italy recorded temperature anomalies above 1°C. In nearly 40% of the country, the anomaly exceeded 2°C. The most affected areas were concentrated in the northwestern plains and parts of the Apennines. Rome, Florence and Turin also experienced intense episodes and several heatwaves between June and August.

This year, a record average temperature for the season had already been reached in spring, 12.1°C at two meters above the ground, matching that recorded in 2024, the hottest year overall since 1950.

· Lorenzo ArcidiacoThe CNR researcher describes the record temperatures recorded before the summer.
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Originally published by ABC Color in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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