The advance of the African anticyclone has been confirmed in Italy and will bring a peak of heat between Wednesday 19th and Friday 21st June in some areas with temperatures even more than 12 degrees above the climatological norm. Up to 44 degrees expected in the internal areas of Sardinia and 39 degrees in Rome on Thursday 20 June. The North was also affected, which until now had experienced relatively cool phases. Some storms will return on Friday. Lorenzo Tedici, meteorologist of the website www.iLMeteo.it, describes the scenario of this first heat wave of the summer 2024 edition. The hottest area during the mid-week peak will be the Cagliari area with its 44 degrees while the ranking of the hottest provinces will see Benevento and Taranto at the top with 41°C; Agrigento, Caserta, Foggia, Macerata, Syracuse and Terni with 40°C. The degrees will be 39 in Ascoli Piceno, Catania, Fermo, Frosinone, Matera and Ragusa while Avellino, Chieti, Forlì, Isernia and, in particular, also Rome and Naples will fluctuate between 38 and 39. “A very timely change of season with the peak of the heat expected around the Summer Solstice (Thursday 20 June)”, underlines Tedici. IN DETAIL Tuesday 18. In the North: all sun and heat. In the Center: ample sunshine, increasing heat. In the South: sunny and warm. Wednesday 19. In the North: cloudy with heat and mugginess. In the Center: bright sunshine, heat above 35°C, peaks of 43-44 in Sardinia. In the South: further increasing heat. Thursday 20. In the North: oppressive heat and sultriness. In the Center: prevailing sun, heat up to 38-39°C also in Rome. In the South: heat rising to 41°C. Trend: increasingly strong heat wave until Friday, but thunderstorms return.
