Temperatures Rise, Experts Warn
The hottest summer of the last 30 years
Temperatures around Turkey rose by around five degrees Celsius starting last Friday, announced by the State Meteorological Institute yesterday. The institute said the heat wave was caused by the moving of a hot weather front from North Africa, pushing temperatures up by two to four degrees above seasonal norms.
It reported high temperatures were experienced in the southeast at around 38-39 degrees Celsius, the Aegean at 36-37 degrees, the Mediterranean between 34 and 36 degrees, the Marmara region between 30 and 34 degrees, central Anatolia between 31 and 33 degrees, the Black Sea and eastern Anatolia 28 to 30 degrees. The institute said temperatures in Istanbul rose to around 37-39 degrees, while in İzmir it was around the 40-42 degree mark and in Ankara 36-37 degrees.
The highest temperatures expected regionally in the following days are follows:
Aegean Region (İzmir, Manisa, Denizli, Aydın) 40-43 degrees Celsius
Mediterranean Region (Adana, Isparta, Burdur, Muğla, Antalya) 36-40 degrees Celsius
Experts and authorities warned the public to be cautious of the negative effects of the heat wave which is expected to reach to a level of being named as “the hottest summer of the last 30 years”.
