The weather is marginally “summer” at noon on Good Thursday, with mercury in Athens “flirting” with 28 degrees Celsius.

Athenians who remain in the city and tourists – many of them somewhat surprised by the sudden heat – are looking for coolness in shady spots and brown, and are mostly short with shorts.

According to the Athens National Observatory, today, Good Thursday, temperatures are very high for the season. Specifically, the temperature will range in western Macedonia from 6 to 23 degrees, in the rest of Macedonia and Thrace from 6 to 23-25, in Thessaly from 8 to 26-28 degrees, in Epirus 10 to 28-30, in the rest of the continents from 9 to 27-29 degrees, in the Ionian Islands from 15 to 25 to 25 to 25 to 25 to 25 to 25 to 25 to 25 and Eastern Aegean The maximum will reach 28 degrees Celsius. The winds in the Aegean will blow from northern directions with 3-5 beaufort tensions. The Ionian will blow south-east winds with 5-6 beaufort tensions and local, mainly in the northern sections, 7 beaufort.

In Attica we expect a few clouds. The winds will blow from northeast directions with intensities of 2-4 beaufort. The temperature will range from 17 to 28 degrees.

In Thessaloniki we expect a few clouds, increased from lunchtime with the possibility of temporary rainstorms in the mountains. The winds will blow from various directions with intensities of 2-3 beaufort. The temperature will range from 13 to 24 degrees.