Spring weather conditions over the next few days with plenty of heat, southerly winds, African dust and a few mud showers.

The dust will persist through Friday with the highest concentrations today and tomorrow, according to Thodoros Kolydas. “Temperatures will reach 30 to 31 degrees Celsius, while locally in Northern Crete they will probably exceed them in the middle of the week. The instability will be limited mainly in the north from Wednesday,” the Star meteorologist writes in X.

The thermometer topped 33°C on Tuesday

The temperature exceeded 33°C on Tuesday (6/5) with the maximum value recorded by the weather station in Falassarna (33.1°C) followed by those of Galaxidi (32.5°C) and Kissamos Chania (32.4°C). The map in the image below shows the distribution of the maximum temperature in the country according to the network of automatic meteorological stations of the National Observatory of Athens / meteo.gr.

The temperature exceeded 30°C at 44 of the 524 currently active stations (~8%) and 25°C at 524 stations (~65%). The average maximum temperature was equal to 25.8°C, a value 1.1°C higher than that of 05/05 (24.7°C).

Today’s weather

Scattered clouds are expected, which will occasionally be thicker. However, there will be periods of sunshine. Local showers and thunderstorms are expected in the Ionian Sea and in the central and northern mainland. Dust concentrations in the atmosphere will be increased.

The temperature in Western Macedonia will range from 11 to 24 degrees Celsius, in the rest of Macedonia and Thrace from 14 to 26, in Thessaly from 15 to 30, in Epirus from 13 to 29, in Eastern Central Greece from 14 to 31, in the rest of Central Greece and the Peloponnese from 16 to 29, in the Ionian Islands from 16 to 27, in the North and East Aegean Islands from 13 to 29, in the Cyclades from 13 to 27, in the Dodecanese from 17 to 24, and in Crete from 20 to 35 degrees Celsius.

Winds in the North Aegean will blow from variable directions from 2 to 4 Beaufort. In the rest of the Aegean Sea the winds will blow from southerly directions 3 to 5 Beaufort and in the east locally up to 6 Beaufort. In the Central and South Aegean Sea the winds will blow from southerly directions 2 to 4 Beaufort. In the Ionian Sea the winds will initially blow from variable directions from 2 to 4 Beaufort but from noon onwards they will become north-westerly of the same intensity.

In Attica, thin clouds are expected, which will be denser at times, but also periods of sunshine. Winds will initially blow from variable directions up to 3 Beaufort but from the morning they will become south 2 to 4 Beaufort. Dust concentrations in the atmosphere will increase. The temperature in the center of Athens will range from 19 to 28 degrees Celsius.

In the prefecture of Thessaloniki, thin clouds are expected, which will be increasing at times. There is a possibility of occasional local rain mainly in the afternoon and evening. The winds will blow initially from variable directions up to 3 Beaufort but from noon they will become south 2 to 4 Beaufort. Dust concentrations in the atmosphere will increase. The temperature in the center of Thessaloniki will range from 19 to 26 degrees Celsius.

The weather on Thursday (08/05)

Thin clouds in the morning hours in Crete and the Dodecanese and in the midday and afternoon hours in the central and northern mainland. Rain or isolated thunderstorms will occur in the midday and afternoon hours mainly in the mountains of Macedonia and Thrace and possibly in the mountains of Epirus. Meteorological conditions favour the transport of African dust mainly in the Peloponnese, eastern Sterea (including Attica), the Cyclades, Crete and the Dodecanese.

Winds in the west will be variable and gradually westerly northwesterly 2 to 4 Beaufort. In the east will blow from southerly directions 3 to 5 and until noon in the Aegean Sea locally 6 Beaufort.

The temperature will not change significantly and will be high for the season. It will reach 26 degrees Celsius in the northern mainland and the Ionian islands, 28 to 30 degrees Celsius in the rest of the mainland and Crete and 23 to 25 and locally 26 degrees Celsius in the rest of the island country.

The weather on Friday (09/05)

Increased clouds initially in the Ionian Sea and the western mainland and gradually from midday onwards in the rest of the country with local rain or isolated thunderstorms in places in the Ionian Sea, the western and northern mainland. In the evening the phenomena will decrease except in Macedonia and Thrace, where they will persist. Meteorological conditions favour the transport of African dust.

In the west the winds will blow from the east from 3 to 5 Beaufort and in the east from the south from 4 to 5 Beaufort and in the Aegean Sea locally 6 Beaufort.

The temperature will not change significantly.

The weather on Saturday (10/05)

In Macedonia and Thrace unstable weather with local showers or rain and from noon sporadic thunderstorms. Late in the evening the phenomena will be limited in eastern Macedonia and Thrace and will weaken. In the rest of the country, almost clear weather with a few clouds in the northern Aegean and in the afternoon in the mainland, where local rain or occasional rain and isolated thunderstorms in the central mountains will occur. Meteorological conditions favour the transport of African dust to the south-east.

Winds in the west will blow from the north from 3 to 5 and in the Ionian Sea locally up to 6 Beaufort. In the east will blow from the north 3 to 5 and gradually in the Aegean up to 6 Beaufort and only in the southeast will be southeastern 4 to 6 Beaufort.

The temperature will drop slightly in the north and the west, while in the rest of the regions it will remain high for the season.

The weather on Sunday (11/05)

In the west, generally clear weather with local clouds in the midday – afternoon hours on the mainland, with local rain in the mountains.

In the east, partly cloudy with a possibility of local rain in the central and northern continents. In the midday and afternoon hours clouds will increase in all continental areas and local rain and isolated thunderstorms will occur, mainly in the mountains.

Winds in the west will blow from the northwest 3 to 5 and in the northern Ionian Sea locally up to 6 Beaufort. In the east it will blow from the north 4 to 6 Beaufort.

The temperature will drop and return to normal for the season.