Europe
Before an arrival of cold front, has surprised in the last 48 hours a heatwave in Greece, Cyprus, Turkey and southwesternmost Russia, especially in Crete, Greece, where record and supertropical +36,0°C was measured. Villages in Crete reported up to +36,0°C, Heraklion +35,0°C, Nicosia, Cyprus +32,4°C, Aydin, Turkey, +32,7°C, Komsomolskij, Russia, +30,8°C.
Only a few hundred kilometers northward, extreme storms with a tornado in Romania and large egg-sized hail in Romania and Bulgaria were damaging cities and villages.
In Burgas, Bulgaria, 101 km/h winds were measured.
Severe storms and floods after 101 mm rainfall hit main international stations in Italy, too.
After frosts up to -4,7°C in the UK and -4,5°C in Belarus, in the last days, the next very cold mornigns were observed across Europe on 7.-8. May 2025: from chosen station were interesting May temperatures observed in:
Tjakaape, Sweden, 588 MASL, -8,8°C, Bobruisk, Belarus, 156 MASL, -2,8°C, Baranovici, Belarus, 194 MASL, -2,7°C, Ukmerge, Lithuania, 72 MASL, -2,7°C, Mlawa, Poland, 147 MASL, -2,6°C, Lebork Ketrzyn, Poland, 107 and 39 MASL, -2,5°C, Jelenia Gora, Poland, 342 MASL, -2,4°C, Rucava, Latvia, 20 MASL, -2,4°C, Saldus, Latvia, 122 MASL, -2,0°C, Vazaiciai, Lithuania, 62 MASL, -1,5°C, Pec pod Snezkou, Czechia, 814 MASL, -2,0°C, Lodz, Poland, 180 MASL, -1,5°C, Karlovy Vary, Czechia, 606 MASL, -1,3°C, Isenvad, Denmark, 60 MASL, -1,1°C, Litschau, Austria, 558 MASL, -1,1°C, Nestares, Spain, 870 MASL, -1,0°C, Liberec, Czechia, 318 MASL, -0,8°C, Kuusiku, Estonia, 53 MASL, -1,3°C, Rivne, Ukraine, 253 MASL, -1,3°C, Torun, Poland, 69 MASL, -1,0°C, on 5.5. -3,2°C, La Brevine, Switzerland, 1050 MASL, -0,6°C, Elseborn, Belgium, 565 MASL, -0,4°C, Vilnius, Latvia, 211 MASL, -0,4°C, on 5.5. -3,2°C.
Maximum temperatures regionally drop to +10/+5°C, locally in valleys below 1000 MASL, below +5°C, with a local snowfall.
Snowfall surprised Leningrad region, Russia, too.
Cold weather with morning frosts 0/-5°C and regional daily Tmaxes +5/+10°C will stay in continental Europe until circa 15. May.
Then, from SW will traditionally come the next heatwave, with some warm days from 16. to 20. May in Western and Southwestern Europe, between. 20.-25. May 2025 already in Continental Europe and even Scandinavia, where temperatures up to +30°C, maybe +33°C are forecast to be observed (including Sweden and Finland (!)).
Heavy rains and floods are predicted in the next 2 weeks mainly in Italy and Balkan.
Change of temperature anomalies in Europe – DAY 1 and DAY 15 (8. and 23. May 2025). Source: https://www.wxcharts.com/
Expected heatwave in Europe around 20. 5. 2025. Source: https://www.wetterzentrale.de/en/topkarten.php?map=19&model=gfs&var=48&run=12&time=384&lid=OP&h=0&mv=0&tr=6#mapref
+36°C IN GREECE
HISTORIC MEDITERRANEAN HEAT WAVE Temperatures hovering 36C in Crete after minimums of 26C It ll be much hotter next days with hundreds of records in all Eastern Mediterranean As usual,Italy is the only country never touched by the record heat,like all months of 2024 and 2025.
SNOW IN LENINGRAD REGION, RUSSIA
Source: https://x.com/irene_makarenko/status/1920525612910825838/photo/1
TORNADO IN VENEZIA, ITALY
Sources: https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1128339099335923&set=a.615990763904095, https://www.facebook.com/groups/376173012408717/permalink/30439743655624923/, https://eswd.eu/cgi-bin/eswd.cgi
TORNADO IN ATMAGEA, ROMANIA
Sources: https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=1023167309949568&set=pcb.1023167389949560, https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=1023167239949575&set=pcb.1023167389949560, https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1209312430681158
ROMANIA EGG-SIZED HAIL
Egg-sized hail in Rojiste, Romania. Source: https://eswd.eu/cgi-bin/eswd.cgi
A Romanian village after severe hailstorm. Source: https://x.com/BryanSautter/status/1920486898197254587/photo/1
BULGARIA HAILSTORM
4.5 cm hail in Sadovets, Bulgaria. Source: https://eswd.eu/cgi-bin/eswd.cgi
5 cm hail in Gradiste, Bulgaria. Source: https://eswd.eu/cgi-bin/eswd.cgi
Hail in Burgas, Bulgaria. Sources: https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=122190788702304698&set=pcb.122190788840304698, https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=122190788714304698&set=pcb.122190788840304698
HAILSTORM IN SPAIN
FLOODS IN CAVARZERE, ITALY AFTER 101 MM
Source: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=23934401542824581&set=p.23934401542824581&type=3
WATERSPOUT IN CAMPANIA, ITALY
Source: https://stormreport.meteonetwork.it/asset/photo/28204_1746645063.1942.jpg
Extreme weather events reported in Europe on 7.-8. May 2025. Source: https://eswd.eu/cgi-bin/eswd.cgi
Extreme precipitation in Europe in the last 48 hours. Source: https://ogimet.com/ranking.phtml
North America
From the US is reported the strongest tornado season in 15 years (since 2011), with extreme tornado amounts in Illinois and Mississippi, then Missouri and Texas. /https://www.accuweather.com/en/severe-weather/worst-tornado-season-since-2011-two-states-top-the-list/1772158/.
Stories about severe storms in the eastern half of the USA (which will be on a daily basis all Summer 2025 /https://mkweather.com/summer-2025-forecast-for-north-america-and-the-usa-at-the-first-half-more-floods-at-the-second-half-peak-of-the-summer-strong-wildfire-season-on-the-west-deadly-tornado-and-hurricane-season-on-the-eas//, are getting every day American weather services: 1. Story about damaging thunderstorms in the US through Mother’s Day /https://www.accuweather.com/en/severe-weather/potent-locally-damaging-thunderstorms-to-hit-multiple-parts-of-us-through-mothers-day/1772785#google_vignette/; 2. Story about storms in Northeast /https://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-forecasts/frequent-rain-thunderstorms-to-depart-by-mothers-day-in-northeast/1772455/; 3. Stories about storms in S/SE USA, wind damage and large hail here /https://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-forecasts/heavy-rain-to-crawl-eastward-over-southern-us/1772051; https://weather.com/storms/severe/video/south-severe-strong-winds-large-hail/; 4. Story about expected tornadoes in Plains /https://weather.com/storms/severe/video/rex-block-pattern-change-tornado-alley; https://weather.com/storms/severe/news/2025-05-07-may-tornado-break-pattern-change-ahead-plains/ and 5. about tornadoes in Texas /https://weather.com/storms/severe/video/suspected-tornado-hits-jewett-texas/.
A heatwave hits at the weekend Minnesota and Dakotas /https://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-forecasts/summerlike-heat-beckons-for-minnesota-dakotas-for-mothers-day-weekend/1772575/.
Parts of Florida, Texas, and Connecticut hit in the last 48 hours record warm nights (Tweets below).
New Orleans was flooded, and Las Vegas reported record rainfall and floods.
In Mexico, in 3 regions temperatures reached to +46°C / 115°F, in Guerrero, Oaxaca and San Luis Potosi. Even in tropical Yucatan Peninsula, +45°C was measured.
Dominican Republic was before a few days hit by severe floods.
Northern coast of Alaska, meanwhile expects a blizzard from the Arctic.
STORMS IN EASTERN HALF OF THE USA
A RECORD-BREAKING RAINFALL IN LAS VEGAS
Man swept away by flash floodwaters after record-breaking rainfall in Las Vegas /https://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/man-swept-away-by-flash-floodwaters-after-record-breaking-rainfall-in-las-vegas/1772628/.
FLORIDA AND TEXAS WITH A RECORD WARM NIGHT
WARM NIGHT IN CONNECTICUT
+46°C / 115°F IN MEXICO AND +45°C IN YUCATAN PENINSULA
BLIZZARD WARNING IN ALASKA
FLOODS IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
Asia
Extreme heatwaves are returning into the Middle East and Central Asia (more in our May weather reports)
Oman, Iran and UAE reports up to +47°C (Oman Tmins +39°C! – Al Amerat,Semail broke their records with >5C margin!), Turkmenistan reported +40,8°C, Uzbekistan +40,2°C (Tmins +27°C in highlands!) and Tajikistan +39,2°C only in springtime. Kungrad reported Tmin +24°C.
Moreover, the first +50°C in the Middle East is coming in the next days very early in the season.
Cyprus should see in the next days its earliest +40°C in history.
Meanwhile, Mumbai in India hit coldest temperatures in 40 years and near Srinagar, large landslide was captured on video.
Thanks to La Nina, IOD- and PDO-, heatwaves, but with storms are occupying SE Asia. Temperatures up to +37°C are bothering Borneo and Sulawesi, Indonesia. Vietnam and Singapore report Tmins around +30°C, Thailand even with heat indexes above +50°C, India reports Tmins almost +38°C in the Lakshadweep Islands). The weekend will be terrible in Thailand with heat indexes up to +55°C.
HEATWAVES IN CENTRAL ASIA AND THE MIDDLE EAST
SE ASIA HEAT WAVE
SEVERE LANDSLIDE NEAR SRINAGAR, KASHMIR, INDIA
South America
South-South American heatwave in northern Argentina, Paraguay, Bolivia and southernmost Brazil already surprised in Serido, Brazil, with a new May record of +38,9°C.
It will be hotter next days with heat up to +40°C spreading to Bolivia and Paraguay.
Meanwhile, the north of the continent is still set to floods (Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela, Guyana region and northern Amazon).
+39°C IN BRAZIL IN LATE AUTUMN
Africa
While Algeria and Tunisia were hit by large hail, up to 7 cm (materials below), many parts of Africa are bothered by heatwaves or floods.
Floods are reported from equatorial and subequatorial regions, and heatwaves from deserts and tropical regions, but too mid-latitudes in southernmost and northernmost parts.
+41°C was already measured on the Libyan coast, and in the next days, Libya and Egypt expect +45°C with Tmins above +30°C.
South Africa and Namibia in late Autumn still report +37°C.
Western Africa set new temperature records – Ghana with Tmin +28,8°C in Wa, Togo Tmin +29,6°X in Dapaong and Senegal, Niger and Burkina Faso Tmins +30/+32°C.
EXTREME HEATWAVE FROM GHANA TO LIBYA
+45°C IN EGYPT AND LIBYA
+37°C + IN SOUTH AFRICA AND NAMIBIA IN LATE AUTUMN
5 CM HAIL IN ALGERIA
5 cm hail in Batna, Algeria. Source: https://eswd.eu/cgi-bin/eswd.cgi
4.5 cm hail in Bouhilef, Batna region, Algeria. Source: https://eswd.eu/cgi-bin/eswd.cgi
HAIL IN TUNISIA (EL KEF 7 CM!)
Hail in As Maayeziyah. Source: https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1299440024874504&set=pcb.1299440054874501
Hail in Zaafrane, Tunisia. Source: https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1299431408208699&set=a.681013940050452
SEVERE WEATHER IN NIGERIA
Australia
Historic +38,2°C in late Autumn was recorded in Carnarvon (relentless record heat continues in Australia May records was broken), Western Australia. +36,8°C was measured in Kalbarri, +28,0°C in Merimbula and +26,2°C in Jervis Bay.
Perth reports above +30°C and the next heatwaves for the continent are prepared in the next period.
Meanwhile, Tasmania reported snow in the mountains after record warm weather.
Northward from Australia, near Papua, Timor Leste and Indonesia, Tropical depression 93W Invest is developing.
+38,2°C IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA IN LATE AUTUMN
TROPICAL DEPRESSION 93W INVEST NEAR PAPUA-NEW GUINEA, AUSTRALIA, TIMOR LESTE AND INDONESIA
Source: https://www.tropicaltidbits.com/storminfo/#93P
The Arctic and Antarctica
The Arcitc sea ice is currently, thanks to colder Europe, Canada and parts of Siberia above 2010´s average.
Warming in Antarctica is slowing in the last few years.
Arcitc sea ice above 2010´s average. Source: https://zacklabe.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/jaxa_seaice_means_v8-1.png
World temperature anomalies until 16. June 2025 per weeks. Source: https://charts.ecmwf.int/products/extended-anomaly-2t?base_time=202505070000&projection=opencharts_global&valid_time=202506160000
