Southeast Europe was “trapped” this summer under a subtropical warm air mass from Western Africa and the Mediterranean Sea.
Jelena Popović normally loves summer and all it brings along, including the hot weather. But this year it was just too much.“This summer was too hot, you couldn't walk in the city. It was only pleasant when you swim," said Popović, a resident of Belgrade, Serbia's capital.
“It was like a tropical summer, like we live in Africa and not in Europe."
This was true for much of the Balkans, a region in southeast Europe that is used to hot summers but where this one broke previous records with repeated heat waves and almost a totally dry July and August.
Experts say the summer of 2024 in the Balkans was the hottest since measurements started more than 130 years ago. Long periods with temperatures above 30C that didn't fall below 20C overnight have pushed average temperatures to new highs, meteorologists explained.
“Summer normally means exchange of hot days with high temperatures and then a break after five to six days with rain and thunderstorms,” Serbian meteorologist Nedeljko Todorović said.
“But this happened only in June. Practically entire July and August had no rain while high temperatures persisted.” more of this article (Euro News Green) - link - more like this (drought) - link - more like this (Serbia) - link
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