Air temperature on Mt Blanc remained
above zero for 33 hours at the weekend, the ARPA regional
environmental agency for Val d'Aosta said Monday.
It said the effects of Italy's heat wave have reached the summit
of the 4,805 metre high Monte Bianco, western Europe's tallest
mountain.
"The air temperature, recorded by the automatic weather station
positioned at Colle Major at 4,750 metres above sea level,
remained above zero for 33 consecutive hours, from midnight on
10 August to 9am on 11 August."
Such high temperature values were also recorded, for more
limited periods, on 5 August (five consecutive hours), and on 18
and 30 July, said ARPA Val d'Aosta.
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