Cyprus recorded its hottest July on record this year, the Department of Meteorology said on Monday.
Average temperatures across the island were between 2.5 and 3.6 degrees Celsius higher than normal for the month, with all weather stations, coastal and inland, affected.
The department attributed the record-breaking heat to unusually high night-time temperatures. While daytime highs were not extreme, the consistently warm evenings pushed average temperatures to unprecedented levels.
Mountainous regions fared better than the rest of the island, with significantly cooler night-time temperatures compared to the sweltering June.
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