Snowfall and low temperatures have returned to Athens on Wednesday, as a new wave of adverse weather conditions has hit the country.

The first snow started to fall yesterday at around midnight in the Attica region, while many residents woke up this morning to a snow-blanketed wonderland.
At the morning of Wednesday it was even snowing in the centre of the city, an extremely rare phenomenon for the Greek capital.

According to the latest updates by the Fire Department no incidents were recorded during the night due to the bad weather in Attica. However, a number of schools, located mainly in the northern suburbs of Athens, will remain closed today, including schools in the areas of Palaia Penteli, Afidnes, Kapandriti, Vilia and Polydendri. Schools in Filis municipality will also not operate today.

In the areas of Nea Penteli and Melissia, the city authorities have decided that the schools will operate as usual.

Weather forecast

Weather is expected to be cloudy all day today, with sleet in the coastal areas and local snowfall in the eastern mainland, Euboea, the Cyclades and North Crete.

Temperatures will range from -9 to 4 degrees in Northern Greece, -1 to 3 degrees in Central and Southern Greece, -4 to 7 degrees in the western regions of the country, 0-5 degrees in the Cyclades and Crete, -2 to 4 degrees in East Aegean Islands and 2-6 degrees in the Dodecanese.

Wind velocity will reach 8-9 on the Beaufort scale in the North Aegean and 4-5 on the Beaufort scale in the Ionian sea.