sunshine | The Malta Business Weekly https://maltabusinessweekly.com A New Voice for Business in Malta Tue, 20 Aug 2019 09:39:37 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.8 https://maltabusinessweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/bw-favicon.svg sunshine | The Malta Business Weekly https://maltabusinessweekly.com 32 32 159130352 June’s record heat carries on to July https://maltabusinessweekly.com/junes-record-heat-carries-on-to-july/5341/ Tue, 20 Aug 2019 09:36:42 +0000 https://maltabusinessweekly.com/?p=5341 June’s record heat of 37.8°C has carried on to July with the average temperatures recorded on 22 out of a total of 31 days of the last month exceeding the climate norm of 26.6°C. Hours of sunshine also surpassed the climate norm.

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]]> June’s record heat of 37.8°C has carried on to July with the average temperatures recorded on 22 out of a total of 31 days of the last month exceeding the climate norm of 26.6°C, according to a press statement the Malta National Airport (MLA) sent to Business Malta.

The maximum temperature measured in July peaked at 39.6°C on 9 July in the midst of a heatwave reaching the Maltese Islands. The lowest temperature of 21°C was measured on both 5 and 20 July, however, the sea temperature was one centigrade warmer than the climate norm, reaching 26.4°C.

Sunshine hours of 368.3 surpassed the climate norm by 4.2 hours in July, due to the mean total cloud cover falling below the average to 0.8 oktas — a unit used in expressing the extent of cloud cover, equal to one-eighth of the sky. While July registered a mean of 11.9 hours of sunshine daily, the brightest day was July 4th when a total of 13.1 hours of sunshine were recorded.

Despite the spike in temperatures, July was not as dry as expected, with 0.8mm of precipitation being recorded throughout the month by the Met Office. July was also slightly windier than expected, exceeding the climate norm of 6.8 knots (12.5 kph) by 0.6 knots (1.1 kph).

Infographic representation of the most important weather figures in July. (source: MLA media)

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]]> 5341 April in Malta sees less sun and cooler temperatures https://maltabusinessweekly.com/april-in-malta-sees-less-sun-and-cooler-temperatures/2993/ Mon, 20 May 2019 08:41:28 +0000 https://maltabusinessweekly.com/?p=2993 April’s weather in Malta comes cooler than the average, bringing more clouds and less sunshine as compared to earlier years.

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]]> April’s weather in Malta was cooler than the average, bringing more clouds and less sunshine as compared to earlier years, according to a press statement sent to Business Malta by the Malta International Airport (MIA).

April’s mean air temperature stood at 15.9°C, somewhat colder than the norm; 16.1°C, according to MIA’s figures. April’s maximum temperature dropped by 0.7°C as compared to the month’s mean maximum temperature of 19.8°C. Meanwhile, the mean minimum remained almost unchanged, warming by 0.2°C compared to the norm of 12.4°C.

MIA statistics suggest that April’s rain was less than usual, with only 15.4mm of precipitation. Some 39% of this was recorded in the first five days.

The islands saw a total of 240.7 sunny hours in April, some 8 hours less than the monthly average. The brightest day of the month was 28 April with 12.5 hours of sunshine.

Saharan dust covered Maltese skies blocking the sun for the most of the month. This often led to “blood showers”, according to the MIA press release.

The islands also received heavier winds than usual with mean speeds of 10.3 knots (approximately 19 km/h) throughout April; 0.8 knots (1.4 km/h) stronger than the usual.

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