Most rain in 2019 in Sfakia and Crete - 18 January, 2020 rain.jpg The highs for rainfall and temperatures for 2019 was recorded by the Athens National Observatory / meteo.gr network of meteorological stations. Regarding the rainfall that occurred in the country in 2019, it is worth noting that unli...

Heavy rain, strong wind and African dust in Sfakia - 13 January, 2020 Heavy rain and significant dust transfer from the African barometric low will affect southern parts of Greece from the morning hours of Tuesday 14 January 2020. A barometric low that will move rapidly from the north coast of Afri...

Greek ferry operators increase fares by 6% - 13 January, 2020 ferry-dock.jpg Greek ferry operators increased fares by 6 percent this week citing higher fuel costs due to the implementation of IMO 2020, the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) low sulphur regulation. The coastal shipping comp...

Kallergi mountain refuge only accessible by ski - 12 January, 2020 kallergi-snow-1.jpg The Kallergi Refuge of the Chania Mountaineering Club is located above the plateau of Omalos and next to the White Mountain National Park and the Samaria Gorge, at an altitude of 1,680 meters. Once the entrance o...

Entrance to Samaria Gorge "lost" - 11 January, 2020 xyloskalo-snow2.jpg Incredible and beautiful are the images that have been seen by those who went today - walking, of course - to the northern entrance of the Samaria Gorge. The wooden staircase "Xyloskalo" in Omalos is covered...

New study points to significant gas field off Crete - 11 January, 2020 hydrocarbons-sw-crete.png A large reserve of natural gas off the southern coast of the island of Crete bearing similar features to Egypt’s Zohr gas field and Israel’s Leviathan in the Eastern Mediterranean has been identified by...

Spectacular rainfall highs from bad weather, Askifou 659 mm - 7 January, 2020 rain5-70120.jpg The intense bad weather system "Hephaistion" that hit the country from Sunday 5/1/2020 - Tuesday 7/1/2020 gave particularly high precipitation (rainfall / snowfall) with the strongest occurrences ...

Imbros and Askifou covered in snow - 7 January, 2020 snow070120-1.jpg snow070120-2.jpg snow070120-3.jpg White is the landscape in areas of Sfakia where it has snowed the last two days and as a result are covered. Imbros and Askifou were dressed in white with those moving to the area to enjoy the sn...

Extraordinary! All day-trippers urged to leave the mountainous areas of Omalos and Sfakia - 5 January, 2020 snow-sfakia-140308.jpg Snowfall is expected and there is a risk of blockade The severe cold from Siberia descends with wild moods to Crete and snowfall is expected in semi-mountainous and mou...

Weather warning for Crete from 5 - 8 January - 4 January, 2020 202001060000_rain.png Crete Regional Fire Administration and the Civil Protection Departments of Chania and Rethymnon are drawing the attention of the citizens due to the severe weather events that are expected to hit the country from S...