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09 July 2020 2019 is in third place among the hottest years since 1961 in Italy, after 2018 (first) and 2015 (second). The anomaly peak was in June: + 4.25 ° C in the North, + 4.0 ° C in the Center, + 3.27 ° C in the South and Islands. This is what was found in the Ispra report, entitled 'Climate indicators in Italy in 2019', which illustrates the trend of the climate last year and updates the estimate of climatic variations in recent decades in Italy.

Record
heat "The climate indicators in Italy in 2019" - reads the report - explain that the heat was particularly intense between 26 and 29 June 2019, when new absolute temperature records were recorded in various locations in the north -west and of the Alpine sector, with peaks of 40 degrees in the plains and 35-36 approximately 1000 meters in altitude.

Exceptional rain and thunderstorm
events There were significant extreme events, including the intense disturbance that hit Liguria and Piedmont on 21 October between the provinces of Genoa and Alessandria and the prolonged bad weather in November. During the month, storm winds caused heavy storms, landslides and landslides, floods in Matera and repeated episodes of high water in Venice, with tide levels of up to 187 cm, an exceptional event that caused significant damage.

The hottest years
2019, with +1.56 degrees, was the 23rd consecutive year with a positive temperature anomaly with respect to the climatological reference value 1961-1990. Eight of the hottest ten years in the time series have occurred since 2011, with anomalies between +1.26 and +1.71 degrees.