Climate in Italy: 2019 the hottest third year since 1961. New absolute record for June

Online the Report Ispra "Climate indicators in Italy in 2019"

The year 2019 ranks at the third place among the hottest years since 1961, with an anomaly peak in June: + 4.25 ° C in the North, + 4.0 ° C in the Center, + 3.27 ° C in the South and Islands. The heat was particularly intense between 26 and 29 June, when new absolute temperature records were recorded in various locations in the north-west and in the Alpine sector, with peaks of 40 ° C in the plains and 35-36 ° C at about 1000 m of altitude.
The 15th report "Gli Indicatori del Clima in Italia" describes the Italian climate in the year 2019 and updates the estimate of climate variations in the last few decades. It is based on climate data, indices and indicators derived from the "National System for the collection, processing and dissemination of climate data" (SCIA) developed  by ISPRA in collaboration with national and regional meteorological monitoring networks.