March is a record month for the lowest average daily minimum temperature since the installation and operation of specific stations, the Department of Meteorology announced on Monday.
In a statement on the average daily minimum temperature for March this year, the Department of Meteorology said that low minimum temperatures were recorded in several areas in Cyprus.
Specifically, it states that the daily minimum temperatures recorded at the stations below were low enough for the month of March to rank it as the record month for the lowest average daily minimum temperature since the stations were installed and operated.
According to the statement, the average daily minimum temperature in March this year, as measured at the Athalassa radio station, was 3.9°C and was the lowest average daily minimum temperature recorded since 1983, i.e. since the station was installed and operated.
At Larnaca Airport station it was 5.3°C, and was the lowest average daily minimum temperature recorded since 1977, i.e. since this station was installed and operated, it is stated.
At Limassol Port station it was 6°C, and was the lowest average daily minimum temperature recorded since 1976, i.e. since this station was installed and operated, it is added.
At Limassol Port station it was 6°C, and was the lowest average daily minimum temperature recorded since 1976, i.e. since this station was installed and operated, it is added.
Also, the average daily minimum temperature this March as recorded at the Forest College Prodromos station was -1°C and at the Polis Chrysochous station was 7.4°C, ranking them second and eighth respectively in terms of the lowest average daily minimum temperature since these stations were installed and operated, the statement concludes.
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