Athens reaches 25.3°C on 24 October, with storms forecast for Sunday, 25 October

Warm day in central Athens

On Saturday, 24 October, the Ermou pedestrian street was packed from Syntagma to Monastiraki, with shoppers and walkers making the most of mild weather. Shoppers were seen along the full length of Ermou, the reports say. The National Observatory of Athens put the temperature at 25.3 degrees Celsius, a high for the time of year. One report places the reading at the central Patisia station.

Storms forecast for Sunday

The Observatory expects Sunday, 25 October, to bring clouds with rain and storms. They are forecast to start in the northwest, reach western Greece quickly, and spread gradually to Thessaly, Sterea Ellada, the Peloponnese, Evia and the Sporades. Toward evening the storms are expected in the Cyclades and Crete. Overnight and early in the morning visibility will be limited, and fog will form in places.

Regional temperature ranges

Forecast ranges for 25 October run from 9 to 16 degrees in western Macedonia to 13 to 24 degrees in Crete. The rest of Macedonia and Thrace are forecast at 10 to 21 degrees, Epirus at 11 to 19 and Thessaly at 13 to 21. Sterea Ellada is expected at 12 to 22 degrees and the Dodecanese up to 24. The Ionian islands are listed at 15 to 20-22 degrees. One report gives the Peloponnese as 13 to 22 degrees, while the other prints the upper figure as 2 degrees, so the Peloponnese range remains unclear from these sources.

Athens and Thessaloniki

Both cities face clouds and rain, with the Attica forecast adding afternoon storms. In Attica the Observatory forecasts variable winds of 2 to 3 Beaufort and temperatures of 15 to 21 degrees Celsius. Thessaloniki faces local rain until the afternoon, east-southeasterly winds of 2 to 4 Beaufort and temperatures of 14 to 21 degrees. Winds over the open seas are forecast at 3 to 5 Beaufort, locally 6, with westerly to northwesterly directions in the west.