Tag: Meteorological Office
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Weather in 2024: Third driest on record, blazing heat, minimal rainfall
Malta has just gone through one of its driest years on record, third on record for that matter, with the Malta Meteorological Office reporting 285.3 mm of rain in total. It rained 260 mm less than the average taken over the past 30 years. Only the years 1947 and 1961 were drier, with 228.4 and…
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October 2024: Third driest month on record, slightly warmer and sunnier than average
In a stark sign of shifting weather patterns, October 2024 became the third driest October on record in Malta, with only 4.2 mm of rainfall reported by the Meteorological Office. This figure falls significantly short of the month’s usual 77.8 mm, illustrating an ongoing trend of unusually dry autumn months. October 2023, by comparison, holds…
