temperature | The Malta Business Weekly https://maltabusinessweekly.com A New Voice for Business in Malta Tue, 17 Sep 2019 14:01:48 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.8 https://maltabusinessweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/bw-favicon.svg temperature | The Malta Business Weekly https://maltabusinessweekly.com 32 32 159130352 August temperatures rise further in Malta https://maltabusinessweekly.com/temperatures-rise-further-in-malta-in-august/5970/ Tue, 17 Sep 2019 13:58:49 +0000 https://maltabusinessweekly.com/?p=5970 The average air and sea surface temperatures in Malta increased by one centigrade both as compared to the climate norm, during the month of August.

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]]> The average air and sea surface temperatures in Malta increased by one centigrade both as compared to the climate norm, during the month of August, according to a press release sent to Business Malta. The average temperature in August went up to 28.2°C and the mean sea surface temperature reached 27.3°C.

The maximum temperature for August was registered at 36°C on the 13th of the month, while the lowest was 21.8°C recorded on 6 August. The brightest days of the month were 18 and 19 August, when the sun shone for a total of 13.2 hours. 

August’s lack of rainfall was one of the main contributors to this increase in average temperature, the Malta International Airport (MLA) says in the press release. Only traces amounts of precipitation and 1.2 hours of sunshine were recorded on 29 August, making it the dullest day of the month. The mean wind speed in August 2019 only reached 6 knots, which is half a knot calmer than the norm. 

Cloud cover averaged at 0.9 oktas — unit used to express the extent of cloud cover —  for August 2019 but was expected to be 1.2 oktas. This contributed to a 19.3-hour increase in sunshine hours from August 2018, when only 312.1 hours of sunshine were recorded. Furthermore, 331.4 total hours of sunshine were recorded in August 2019, still short of the monthly average of 335.3 hours, notes the press release.

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]]> 5970 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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