Crete’s burning hot already, and it’s just June. According to the National Observatory of Athens (meteo.gr), the first ten days of June have broken all temperature records at various locations around Greece. Earlier this week on Crete, high temperatures shot past 40 C at Gortyna near Heraklion (41.5C), Plota of Heraklion (41.3C), and 41.3C in the village of Lindos.
Crete, one of the world’s top tourist destinations, is already suffering from overtourism, water shortages, and overdevelopment. Back in 2023, hundreds of fires broke out in Greece, and the summer season for 2024 bears a foreboding. This report via The Times is helpful information for those visiting Greece this Summer. Theodoros Kolydas, the chief meteorologist and Director of the National Meteorological Center, shared the following post on “X” moments ago.
The meteorologist says a short cooling phase this week will end by Sunday when blazing Crete temperatures will start again. For Greece’s biggest island, the downside for many vacationers and businesses will be bigger bills, water shortages, and bad experiences when all is said and done.
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