A project for the Erasmus+ program "Environment Surrounding Us as a Challenge and Responsibility". Primary School of Naousa Paros (presentation by Sofia Detsiou)

1. Erasmus+ program:Erasmus+ program:
““Environment Surrounding Us as a Challenge and Responsibility”Environment Surrounding Us as a Challenge and Responsibility”
Project: GLOBAL PROBLEMS (Global Warming):Project: GLOBAL PROBLEMS (Global Warming):
Our grandparents’ wintersOur grandparents’ winters

3. Average Weather For Paros, Greece
Paros has a hot semi-arid steppe climate. The area is covered by oceans and
seas (84%) and croplands (16%). Over the course of a year, the temperature
typically varies from 9°C to 31°C and is rarely below 5°Cor above 33°C.
The daily
average low
(blue) and high
(red)
temperature with
percentile bands
(inner band from
25th to 75th
percentile, outer
band from 10th
to 90th
percentile).
Source: https://weatherspark.com/averages/32199/Paros-South-Aegean-Greece

4. Sun
The length of the day varies significantly over the course of the year. The
shortest day is December 21with 9:37 hours of daylight; the longest day
is June 20 with 14:43 hours of daylight.
Daily Hours of Daylight and Twilight
The number of hours during which the Sun is visible (black line), with various degrees of
daylight, twilight, and night, indicated by the color bands. From bottom (most yellow) to top
(most gray): full daylight, solar twilight (Sun is visible but less than 6° from the horizon), civil
twilight (Sun is not visible but is less than 6° below the horizon), nautical twilight (Sun is
between 6° and 12° below the horizon), astronomical twilight (Sun is between 12° and 18°
below the horizon), and full night.
Source: https://weatherspark.com/averages/32199/Paros-South-Aegean-Greece

5. Source: http://www.holiday-weather.com/paros/averages/

6. Source: http://www.holiday-weather.com/paros/averages/

7. Source: https://www.wunderground.com/

8. Source: passages from the book “Parian Chronicles” by Fionnuala Brennan,
Charlotte Carlin - Lulu.com, 2012

9. In order to see the video, please click on the following link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nMvpjgAz2Q
*****Please, do not forget to activate the caption on button to see
the english subtitles*****
(the video comes with english subtitles)
The interview

10. Main parts of the interview
• Mrs Karpodini believes that there is not
really any change in winters.
• She thinks that some winters the latest
years were calmer, but this is probably
connected with the world’s weather and
global warming.
• Tourism has changed a lot the flora and
fauna on the island, people now have to
plant themselves.

11. The pupils who took the interview (Thanasis Balios and
Thanasis Malalamatenios) are posing with the lovely lady
Karpodini Argiro, aged 87, who shared her views with us.

12. Source:
http://www.theydrawandtravel.com/
Nate Padavick and Salli S. Swindell

13. Comparing winters on Paros Island
Paros,
February
2015, 10
beauforts
winds

14. March 2015
(2 weeks after the 10 beauforts
winds of February)
CLIMATE
Paros climate is temperate, like the
rest of the Cyclades Islands.
Winters are mild and during summer
season the weather is sunny, hot
with strong winds called meltemia,
very appreciated by windsurfers .
Summer evenings are usually
cooler, with a little humidity and you
will generally have the perfect
weather for your holidays.
From the month of January to
March, Paros Island’s temperatures
vary from 11°C to 15°C, sometimes
it goes above 25. During the spring
months the average temperature
climbs up to 20-30°C. During
summer months the weather warms
up offering hot temperatures with
Meltemia.

15. Winds on Paros,
the main characteristic of its winters

16. Winds can be very strong during winter and cause many problems.
Trees fell down, ships do not sail, roofs are destroyed.

17. Rain (showers), Paros winters
Traditionally, February is considered as the rainy month.

18. Snow, Paros winters
It is quite rare to snow on
Paros, although it is not
weird to have some snowy
days during Christmas,
especially villages at high
altitude.

19. Paros
winters (old
photos
1930-…)
1956
70’s
50’s
Source: fb
page “Paros
like”, Benaki
museum

20. Have winters on Paros Island
changed through the years?
• Most of the residents believe that the weather
conditions have not changed.
• Some claim that the winters nowadays are a bit calmer,
but they also emphasize to the following facts:
• There are weather forecasts that can predict everything
• Houses are built with better materials
• Humidity, the no1 problem in winters, is dealt with stronger
built walls and dehumidifiers
• Seasons on Greek islands have big differences with the
ones on the mainland. Their weather does not vary so
much, winters are considered calm and summers cool
and breezy.

21. Proverbs and quotes about weather and time
If there is much rain in winter, the spring
is generally dry.
When the cat turns towards the north
and licks its face, the wind will soon blow
from that direction.
Στον καταραμένο τόπο, το Μάη μήνα
βρέχει. = At a cursed place, in May rains.
Του Γενάρη το φεγγάρι, ήλιος της ημέρας
μοιάζει. = January’s moon looks like
day’s sun.
Ο βρεγμένος τη βροχή δε τη φοβάται. =
Someone who is wet, is not afraid of rain.
Ανεμομαζώματα, διαολοσκορπίσματα. =
What wind collects, devils spreads (easy
come, easy go)
Ο χρόνος φέρνει σοφία.
Wisdom comes with age (time/years)
Ο χρόνος είναι χρήμα.
Time is money.
Μάρτης είναι, χάδια κάνει, πότε κλαίει
πότε γελάει. = March is, caresses does,
either cries either laughes
Καθαρός ουρανός, αστραπές δε
φοβάται. = Clean sky is not afraid of
thunders (a clear conscience laughs at
false accusations)
Ένας κούκος δε φέρνει την άνοιξη.
One swallow does not bring spring.
Ο καιρός είναι γιατρός.
Time heals all wounds.