Italy

[Josh Romano]

On 06/12/2020 at 02:02, CatchMyDrift said:

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This December in Italy is so far rather mild and there are no significant cold spells until Christmas. However, it is an extremely rainy month, at least in the Tyrrhenian regions and snowy in the Alps and at low hills in the north.

[Josh Romano]

On 11/12/2020 at 10:03, Josh Romano said:

This December in Italy is so far rather mild and there are no significant cold spells until Christmas. However, it is an extremely rainy month, at least in the Tyrrhenian regions and snowy in the Alps and at low hills in the north.

For now, December is still mild, at least in the center and south, and it will continue until 12/25. Later we will see, because the cold seems likely in the north, but from Rome to the south it is not ruled out that the mildness continues.

[Josh Romano]

On 11/12/2020 at 10:03, Josh Romano said:

This December in Italy is so far rather mild and there are no significant cold spells until Christmas. However, it is an extremely rainy month, at least in the Tyrrhenian regions and snowy in the Alps and at low hills in the north.

December 23 and 24 are expected to be mild, especially in the Adriatic regions and in the south. Christmas Eve will probably have highs above 15 ° in Rome and Naples. However, on the evening of December 25th and on the day of the 26th, colder air will come from the east. Today, winter solstice, mild climate in many regions, especially on the Tyrrhenian side. It is somewhat reminiscent of the winter solstice of December 2004 but then a very cold period followed after mid-January.

[Josh Romano]

On 21/12/2020 at 16:30, Josh Romano said:

December 23 and 24 are expected to be mild, especially in the Adriatic regions and in the south. Christmas Eve will probably have highs above 15 ° in Rome and Naples. However, on the evening of December 25th and on the day of the 26th, colder air will come from the east. Today, winter solstice, mild climate in many regions, especially on the Tyrrhenian side. It is somewhat reminiscent of the winter solstice of December 2004 but then a very cold period followed after mid-January.

Happy Christmas Eve to all forumists and their families! It is an extremely mild Eve in central and southern Italy: the minimum temperature tonight was 11.4 degrees in Rome Fiumicino ...

[Josh Romano]

On 24/12/2020 at 12:48, Josh Romano said:

Happy Christmas Eve to all forumists and their families! It is an extremely mild Eve in central and southern Italy: the minimum temperature tonight was 11.4 degrees in Rome Fiumicino ...

A lot of snow today in the north, in some areas it is the biggest snow event since December 2009, in others since March 2013, in others again since February 2004 or February 2006. A very hot period from 2011 to 2020 for Italy is about to close. 2020 was no exception, just as hot 2019 was no exception. The period from June 2019 to February 2020 is the hottest of which there is data in Italy.

Edited December 28, 2020 by Josh Romano

[snefnug]

6 hours ago, Josh Romano said:

A lot of snow today in the north, in some areas it is the biggest snow event since December 2009, in others since March 2013, in others again since February 2004 or February 2006. A very hot period from 2011 to 2020 for Italy is about to close. 2020 was no exception, just as hot 2019 was no exception. The period from June 2019 to February 2020 is the hottest of which there is data in Italy.

Hope you and your family had a good Christmas.  Wishing you the best for 2021.  Interesting statistics.

[Lemine]

Spectacular snowfall on 28 December 2020 in Almenno San Salvatore (Bergamo), Lombardy, Northern Italy. After years of silly snowfall a real big snow. Filming carried out first on the hills of Almenno and then we went down to the town.

Link video ---> Big Snowfall 28/12/2020 - First part - VIDEO

[Lemine]

Church of San Giorgio in Lemine under the snow, in its moment of maximum intensity, Almenno San Salvatore (Bergamo), Lombardy, Italy. It's nice to see the Romanesque of the Almenno painted in white !!!

Link video ---> Big Snow shower 28/12/2020 - Second part - VIDEO

[Josh Romano]

On 28/12/2020 at 13:54, Josh Romano said:

A lot of snow today in the north, in some areas it is the biggest snow event since December 2009, in others since March 2013, in others again since February 2004 or February 2006. A very hot period from 2011 to 2020 for Italy is about to close. 2020 was no exception, just as hot 2019 was no exception. The period from June 2019 to February 2020 is the hottest of which there is data in Italy.

December 2020 should have an anomaly in Italy greater than 1 ° above the 81/10 average, perhaps 1.2 ° / 1.3 °. It was a very rainy month, even snowy in the north but mild, especially in the eastern regions.
2020 should be the third or fourth hottest year in Italy; it wasn't very different from 2019 but last year the positive anomalies were concentrated in the period from June to December.

[Josh Romano]

On 10/12/2020 at 15:16, A Face like Thunder said:

Report in today's Times of severe flooding in Venice after a storm blew in from the Adriatic. Apparently down to the weather forecasters who wrongly predicted that the water level would reach only 1.25m, 5cm short of the trigger point for the raising of the new flood barriers, and the 78 barriers remained open even as the floodwater peaked at 1.37m and flooded the inner city. The barriers apparently need 48 hours to be fully activated and the problem arose because the wind unexpectedly gained strength. The residents of Venice are unsurprisingly bitter, having thought that the new barriers would end the flooding which has beset the city over the years.   

At least for now, January continues as December did, with a clear prevalence of Atlantic currents. The climate remains rather mild in the Adriatic regions, while in the north next week there will be the possibility of new snowfall at low altitude. This winter recalls others dominated by Atlantic perturbations, such as 1975/76, 1981/82 and 2008/09 but it is milder than those.

[topo]

 Impressive!! And it's not even in the Alps

[Josh Romano]

21 hours ago, topo said:

 Impressive!! And it's not even in the Alps

While Madrid is buried in snow, Italy today begins a mild phase in the central and especially southern regions, which in the far south will result in temperatures locally above 20 °, in cities such as Lecce and Catania. Many ask me why the Spanish cold records are lower than the Italian ones, with the same latitude. It depends on two factors: Italy is narrower than Spain, so it has a greater maritime influence, which prevents extreme peaks of frost and favors moderate cold; moreover, many Spanish cities are built on plateaus, which is impossible in Italy, which has the Apennines (but also the eastern Alps) which are the most seismic areas in Europe, together with Greece. However, being Italy more eastern, the thermals at high altitude are generally lower than in Spain: in January 2004 and in December 2010 the -9 entered at 850 hpa up to Naples, the -11 in December 2014, the -10 in the January 2019.

[Josh Romano]

On 08/01/2021 at 12:11, Josh Romano said:

While Madrid is buried in snow, Italy today begins a mild phase in the central and especially southern regions, which in the far south will result in temperatures locally above 20 °, in cities such as Lecce and Catania. Many ask me why the Spanish cold records are lower than the Italian ones, with the same latitude. It depends on two factors: Italy is narrower than Spain, so it has a greater maritime influence, which prevents extreme peaks of frost and favors moderate cold; moreover, many Spanish cities are built on plateaus, which is impossible in Italy, which has the Apennines (but also the eastern Alps) which are the most seismic areas in Europe, together with Greece. However, being Italy more eastern, the thermals at high altitude are generally lower than in Spain: in January 2004 and in December 2010 the -9 entered at 850 hpa up to Naples, the -11 in December 2014, the -10 in the January 2019.

On Saturday 9 and Sunday 10 January 2021 there were peaks of heat in some regions of southern Italy, due to the sirocco. The 26/27 degrees reached in the Palermo area are remarkable. Meanwhile, the first cold weather from the northeast of this winter is expected.

[Josh Romano]

On 11/01/2021 at 11:30, Josh Romano said:

On Saturday 9 and Sunday 10 January 2021 there were peaks of heat in some regions of southern Italy, due to the sirocco. The 26/27 degrees reached in the Palermo area are remarkable. Meanwhile, the first cold weather from the northeast of this winter is expected.

The cold has arrived in central and southern Italy ... right now it is snowing in Cosenza, in internal Calabria, where a very low minimum is expected, probably around -7.

[Josh Romano]

16 hours ago, Josh Romano said:

The cold has arrived in central and southern Italy ... right now it is snowing in Cosenza, in internal Calabria, where a very low minimum is expected, probably around -7.

Italy is a very long and heterogeneous country, made complicated by the orography but, wanting to identify the date which many absolute records of freezing date from 1947 (end of the Second World War), we could roughly say that many of them date back to February 1956 for the north and central Italy, while in the south they are divided between February 1956 and December 1980 (some local records date back to December 2010) and in the islands in many cases date back to January 1981. In cities like Florence and Rome there are various records dating back to January 1985.

[Josh Romano]

On 15/01/2021 at 17:59, Josh Romano said:

The cold has arrived in central and southern Italy ... right now it is snowing in Cosenza, in internal Calabria, where a very low minimum is expected, probably around -7.

The cold is the protagonist these days in Italy, with snowfalls at even low hilly altitudes, especially in the Adriatic regions but also in southern Italy. The cold wave will wear off tomorrow.

[Josh Romano]

On 18/01/2021 at 18:52, Josh Romano said:

The cold is the protagonist these days in Italy, with snowfalls at even low hilly altitudes, especially in the Adriatic regions but also in southern Italy. The cold wave will wear off tomorrow.

An Atlantic phase is underway, with a very intense mild call, especially in the Adriatic and eastern regions. Next week there could be a brief and modest cold spell but, unlike in Spain, in Italy this is certainly not a cold January.

[Josh Romano]

On 10/12/2020 at 15:16, A Face like Thunder said:

Report in today's Times of severe flooding in Venice after a storm blew in from the Adriatic. Apparently down to the weather forecasters who wrongly predicted that the water level would reach only 1.25m, 5cm short of the trigger point for the raising of the new flood barriers, and the 78 barriers remained open even as the floodwater peaked at 1.37m and flooded the inner city. The barriers apparently need 48 hours to be fully activated and the problem arose because the wind unexpectedly gained strength. The residents of Venice are unsurprisingly bitter, having thought that the new barriers would end the flooding which has beset the city over the years.   

The night of January 27, 2021 was quite cold in most of Italy, with lows below zero even on the plains. Starting tomorrow, however, a significant rise in temperature begins.

[Josh Romano]

On 27/01/2021 at 15:21, Josh Romano said:

The night of January 27, 2021 was quite cold in most of Italy, with lows below zero even on the plains. Starting tomorrow, however, a significant rise in temperature begins.

A very strong heat wave is likely in the coming days in southern and central Italy. It could exceed 20 degrees in some cities, especially on the southern Tyrrhenian side; the records of February 2014 are at risk.

[Josh Romano]

On 30/01/2021 at 11:04, Josh Romano said:

A very strong heat wave is likely in the coming days in southern and central Italy. It could exceed 20 degrees in some cities, especially on the southern Tyrrhenian side; the records of February 2014 are at risk.

The heat, as often happens in the current climate, will be the protagonist of the next few days in Italy, especially in the central south, with possible peaks of 20 ° even in large cities like Bari, Naples and perhaps Rome, especially from Friday 5 February.

[Josh Romano]

On 10/12/2020 at 15:16, A Face like Thunder said:

Report in today's Times of severe flooding in Venice after a storm blew in from the Adriatic. Apparently down to the weather forecasters who wrongly predicted that the water level would reach only 1.25m, 5cm short of the trigger point for the raising of the new flood barriers, and the 78 barriers remained open even as the floodwater peaked at 1.37m and flooded the inner city. The barriers apparently need 48 hours to be fully activated and the problem arose because the wind unexpectedly gained strength. The residents of Venice are unsurprisingly bitter, having thought that the new barriers would end the flooding which has beset the city over the years.   

Between Friday and Saturday, peaks of 25 ° will be possible in some areas of Sardinia and Sicily. In the following days, temperatures will drop but will remain mild or very mild; for now it looks like February 2014 or 2016 in Italy ...

[Josh Romano]

On 11/12/2020 at 10:03, Josh Romano said:

This December in Italy is so far rather mild and there are no significant cold spells until Christmas. However, it is an extremely rainy month, at least in the Tyrrhenian regions and snowy in the Alps and at low hills in the north.

Yesterday in the Crati valley, in inland Calabria, it exceeded 25 °, due to the foehn effect. Between today and tomorrow the spring heat wave will reach its peak, then on Monday the temperature will drop but will remain slightly above the average for the period in the southern and central regions. January 2021 instead closed at + 0.3 ° on the 81/10 average in Italy, it was a very rainy but thermally normal month.

[Josh Romano]

I provide some hints on some winters notable for mildness or cold in Italy from 2001 to today ...
Winters notable for their mildness:
-2006/07: three exceptionally mild months;
-2019/20: similar to 2006/07 but more drought in many areas;
-2013/14: very rainy winter in January, more anticyclonic in December but very mild, especially in February;
-2015/16: very mild December and February, cold January from 15/16 but very mild in the first half.
The months of February 2017, January 2018, February 2002, December 2004, December 2011 were also exceptionally mild.
Cold winter periods:
-February 2012, especially in the center and north;
- February 2003, a very cold month especially in the Adriatic regions;
-February 2005: cold and snowy month in many areas;
-January 2017: cold and snowy month in the Adriatic and eastern regions;
-December 2001: freezing month from the 9th, similar to December 1980;
-February 2018: very cold from 13 to 28 but quite mild in the first part;
- January 2010: cold month in northern Italy;
-December 2010: cold in northern Italy and locally also in the central south in the days before Christmas;
-December 2005: quite cold month everywhere;
-December 2007: quite cold month in the Adriatic regions;
-February 2009: cold month in the Adriatic regions, with a snowfall also in Palermo, in Sicily;
- January 2004: month with very cold phases in the central south;
-February 2004: month with an important snowfall in northern Italy.

[Josh Romano]

We should also add February 2013, with the record of cold in the Pollino, a mountain range in southern Italy and later the snowfall in the north in the final days of the month. But January 2013 had been mild.

[Josh Romano]

On 05/02/2021 at 13:20, Josh Romano said:

We should also add February 2013, with the record of cold in the Pollino, a mountain range in southern Italy and later the snowfall in the north in the final days of the month. But January 2013 had been mild.

From the night between Friday and Saturday, a relatively short but intense cold wave will begin in Italy, especially in the Adriatic and eastern regions.