temperatures

Our first approach was to study the temperatures recorded in our country, mainly for the autumn and winter months. We obtained the temperatures from the website of the Hellenic National Meteorological Service (NMS) in the years 2016, 2020, 2022 and 2023 for the months of November and December. We recorded the values we found in the following spreadsheet:

We then drew some quantitative conclusions from the spreadsheet we created:

• 3rd 10th November 2020 vs 3rd 10th November 2023: we found an increase in maximum temperatures of up to 6 degrees, i.e. an increase of 35%

• November 10th 2016 vs November 10th 2023: we found an increase in minimum temperatures of up to 5 degrees, i.e. a 25% increase

• 1st December 2022 vs 1st December 2023: we found an increase in maximum temperatures of up to 4 degrees, i.e. an increase of 19%

• 3rd 10th December 2022 vs 3rd 10th December 2023: we found an increase in minimum temperatures of up to 3 degrees, i.e. a 30% increase

• 2nd 10th November 2022 vs 3rd 10th December 2023: almost identical temperatures, i.e. a 10 day time delay for 2023

• 3rd 10th November 2022 vs 1st 10th December 2023: slightly higher temperatures in 2023, i.e. a time lag of more than 10 days for 2023

• 1st Dec 2022 vs 2nd Dec 2023: slightly higher temperatures in 2023, i.e. a time lag of more than 10 days for 2023

• The "maximum-minimum" deviation for 2023 in almost all 10 days is noticeably greater than the corresponding difference of the other years. We find that this year the temperatures seem more unpredictable

General conclusion: we would say that the temperatures in 2023 compared to the previous one fell in time by about 10-20 days.