Temperatures will remain stuck at 40 degrees Celsius until Saturday, a meteorological department officer told the Cyprus News Agency on Tuesday.
“We have meteorological data until Saturday and it seems that there will not be any change by then” Panayiotis Mouskos said.
He noted that humidity will be increased on Tuesday, causing the heat wave in combination with the high temperatures.
Around 9.30 local time, the humidity was at 45% in the capital of Cyprus Nicosia and 60% in Larnaca, on the south coast of the island.
Mouskos said that during previous summer seasons temperatures had been as high as 42 and 43 degrees for seven consecutive days.
He said temperatures “broke a previous record of 46 degrees, reaching 46.6 which was officially recorded as 47 degrees in the Summer of 2012”.
High temperatures in Cyprus to remain unchanged until Saturday
