The following is a list of the most extreme temperatures ever recorded in Greece.
Greece has recorded a high temperature of 48.0 °C in Elefsina and Tatoi (both located in the Athens metropolitan area). In June 2007, Monemvasia in mainland Greece recorded a minimum temperature of 35.9 °C.
The lowest temperature ever recorded was -27.8 °C in Ptolemaida on the 27th of January 1963 (a sinkhole in Kechroti recorded -35.3 °C in January 2012).
According to the national press of the time, on the 10th of July 1977 the Hellenic National Meteorological Service station in Almyros recorded 49.0 °C, the second station in Tatoi (belonging to the National Observatory of Athens) recorded 48.7 °C and the stations in Volos, Velestino and Messara registered 48.0 °C (these readings have not been confirmed).
On the night between 25 and 26 of June 2007 the temperature did not drop below 38.0 °C in the Palaiochora National Observatory of Athens station. On the night of the 11th of January 2021 the National Observatory of Athens station in Falasarna recorded a temperature of 28.3 °C due to strong Föhn winds while the minimum temperature for that day was 22.6 °C marking both the highest January temperature during a night and the highest January minimum temperature ever recorded in Greece.
Highest temperatures
Temperature Location Date Recorded Elefsina (Athens) July 10, 1977 Tatoi (Athens) July 10, 1977 Aspropyrgos (Athens) June 26, 2007 Nea Filadelfeia (Athens) June 26, 2007 Trikala (Thessaly) August 23, 1958 The Lagkadas record has been removed for unknown reasons from the meteosearch database of the National Observatory of Athens . Lagkadas (Macedonia) August 3, 2021 Lamia (Central Greece) July 19, 1973 Argos (Peloponnese) June 26, 2007 Elefsina (Athens) July 19, 1973 Gytheio (Peloponnese) July 23, 2023 Argos (Peloponnese) August 3, 2021 Makrakomi (Central Greece) August 2, 2021 Avlonas (Attica) July 26, 2023 Nea Anchialos (Thessaly) July 19, 1973 Nea Filadelfeia (Athens) June 26, 2007 Makrakomi (Central Greece) August 3, 2021 Nea Filadelfeia (Athens) July 25, 2007 Palaiochora (Crete) Unknown date Agia Triada, Phthiotis (Central Greece) July 26, 2023 Arfara (Peloponnese) August 3, 2021 Filothei (Athens) August 3, 2021 Tanagra (Central Greece) July 19, 1973 Argos (Peloponnese) July 25, 2007 Astros (Peloponnese) June 26, 2007 Sparta (Peloponnese) August 24, 1924 Magoula (Athens) August 3, 2021 Stylida (Central Greece) August 3, 2021 Moires (Crete) July 1, 2017 Ilion (Athens) June 26, 2007 Amfissa (Central Greece) July 23, 2023 Kranidi (Peloponnese) July 23, 2023 Kranidi (Peloponnese) August 3, 2021 Elefsina (Athens) June 24, 2007 Skala, Messenia (Peloponnese) July 25, 2025
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Highest temperatures per month
MonthLocationTemperatureDate Recorded January Vryses January 1, 2010 February Vryses February 20, 2010 March Fodele March 16, 2025 April Heraklion April 22, 2008 May Plora May 16, 2020 June Nea Filadelfeia and Aspropyrgos June 26, 2007 July Elefsina and Tatoi July 10, 1977 August Trikala August 23, 1958 SeptemberLarissa and Sivas September 5 and 7, 2015 respectively October Souda October 19, 1979 November FodeleAlso in Sisi on the same day widely sourced as a record , November 4, 2023 December Vryses and Heraklion December 1 and 2, 2010 respectively
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Highest minimum temperatures
Temperature Location Date Recorded Kythira July 4, 1998 Kythira June 26, 2007 Kythira June 27, 2007 Monemvasia June 27, 2007 Palaiochora June 27, 2007 Tympaki August 4, 2021 Plakias August 3, 2021 Palaiochora August 4, 2021
Lowest temperatures
Temperature Location Date Recorded Ptolemaida (Macedonia) January 27, 1963 Florina (Macedonia) January 18, 2012 Florina (Macedonia) January 17, 2012 Neos Kafkasos (Macedonia) February 16, 2021 Kavala (Macedonia) January 27, 1954 Florina (Macedonia) January 16, 2012 Florina (Macedonia) February 4, 1929 Florina (Macedonia) January 8, 2019 Serres (Macedonia) January 27, 1963 Kastoria (Macedonia) December 19, 2001 Florina (Macedonia) January 16, 2012 Kastoria (Macedonia) January 6, 1993 Neos Kafkasos (Macedonia) January 6, 2019 Florina (Macedonia) January 16, 2012 Florina (Macedonia) January 6, 1993 Larissa (Thessaly) January 15, 1968 Florina (Macedonia) January 9, 1990 Florina (Macedonia) January 6, 2019 Florina (Macedonia) January 8, 2017 Florina (Macedonia) January 20, 1967 Trikala (Thessaly) December 19, 2001
Lowest temperatures per month
MonthLocationTemperatureDate Recorded January Ptolemaida (Macedonia) 27 January 1963 February Neos Kafkasos (Macedonia) 16 February 2021 March Kajmakčalan (Macedonia) 11 March 2022 April Kastoria (Macedonia) 8 April 2003 May Kajmakčalan (Macedonia) 6 May 2011 June Kajmakčalan (Macedonia) 1 June 2021 July Kajmakčalan (Macedonia) 8 July 2010 August Kajmakčalan (Macedonia) 23 August 2017 September Kajmakčalan (Macedonia) 27 September 2018 October Kajmakčalan (Macedonia) 16 October 2011 November Seli (Macedonia) 30 November 2016 December Kastoria (Macedonia) 19 December 2001
Sinkholes
Sinkholes lowest temperatures
Temperature Location Date Recorded Mainalo (Kechroti sinkhole) 17 January 2012 Mount Parnassus (Sesi sinkhole) 17 January 2012 Mainalo (Kechroti sinkhole) 8 January 2015 Mainalo (Kechroti sinkhole) 9 January 2017 Mainalo (Kechroti sinkhole) 26 January 2011 Mount Parnassus (Sesi sinkhole) 15 February 2015
Sinkholes lowest temperatures per month
MonthLocationTemperatureDate Recorded January Mainalo (Kechroti sinkhole) 17 January 2012 February Mount Parnassus (Sesi sinkhole) 15 February 2015 March Mount Parnassus (Vathistalos sinkhole) 13 March 2022 April Mount Parnassus (Sesi sinkhole) 7 April 2023 May Mount Parnassus (Iraklis site) 9 May 2015 June Mount Parnassus (Vathistalos sinkhole) 3 June 2021 July Mainalo (Kechroti sinkhole) 4 July 2012 August Mount Parnassus (Vathistalos sinkhole) 29 August 2025 September Mount Parnassus (Vathistalos sinkhole) 25 September 2022 October Mount Parnassus (Sesi sinkhole) 20 October 2011 November Mainalo (Kechroti sinkhole) 21 November 2011 December Mount Parnassus (Vathistalos sinkhole) 23 December 2021
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