The World Meteorological Organization confirms this Tuesday the temperature record of 48.8°C reached on August 11, 2021 in Sicily. The previous record was 48.0°C recorded in Greece on July 10, 1977 in Athens and Eleusis.
This record, although recognized by the WMO, had not been independently verified by the organization, unlike the new one from 2021. The WMO very carefully verifies the data as well as the instruments and the conditions in which they were collected before confirming a record.