Trees under a blanket of snow with the Agios Meletios Church in Athens as a backdrop on 16 February
Type
Cold wave
Formed
13 February 2021
Dissipated
16 February 2021
Lowest temperature
−19.9 °C (−3.8 °F)
Fatalities
3[1]
Areas affected
Central Europe, Southern Europe, Turkey, Greece
The February 2021 Greek cold wave was a cold wave over Greece, named Cold Front Medea, that arrived on February 13, 2021, and lasted through February 16.[2][3] The cold wave brought strong winds, with gusts over 60 miles per hour (97 km/h), and the heaviest snowfall Northern Greece had experienced since 2008.[4] The weather resulted in the deaths of at least 3 people.[1][5]
^ ab"Three people dead after heaviest snow in a decade hits Greece". 16 February 2021. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
^Elafros, Yiannis (13 February 2021). "Cold front Medea to bring frost and snow". Retrieved 30 September 2021.
^Wichmann, Anna (13 February 2021). "Cold Front Medea Brings Snow to Northern Greece". Greekreporter. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
^Tobler, Tom (25 February 2021). "Heavy snow blankets parts of Greece as cold front hits country". The Guardian. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
^"greece-blanketed-by-heaviest-snowfall-in". reuters. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
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