Articles

• 14 October 2026

  Thunder, with data: a record August storm, a very wet October and Cyprus's first lightning page

  The 2026/27 water year opened with thunder: 28 mm on average across 54 stations in 12 days, lightning on 8 of them, more rain due this week, and a satellite's view of the 29 August storm.

• 1 October 2026

  September 2026 in numbers: a hot start, a cold finish and two storms

  Athalassa ran 17 days in a row at 35°C or more, 7 September broke station records across the island, then two storms on 18 and 30 September brought record September rain to the west — September 2026 across Cyprus, in data.

• 1 September 2026

  August 2026 in numbers: record coastal heat, then a storm that broke it

  Paralimni & Protaras had the hottest August in the model record at +3.4°C, then on 29 August a storm dropped Nicosia 8.2°C in a day, rained 68 mm on Achna and hit Mammari with 26 m/s wind — August 2026 across Cyprus, in data.

• 1 August 2026

  July 2026 in numbers: a cloudburst on the mountain, a heat peak on the plain

  A two-day storm gave Agros 100 mm while the coast stayed dry, Athalassa hit 43.2°C on 23 July and then fell 8°C in two days, and the stations tell a calmer story than the model — July 2026 across Cyprus, in data.

• 1 July 2026

  June 2026 in numbers: a lopsided month

  The west and southeast coasts ran up to 2.8°C above the 1961–1990 normal while Troodos stayed cooler than usual — June 2026 across Cyprus, in data.