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Crete · GreeceSummit weather, forecast and climate
Mount Ida
2,456 mUltra-prominent peakSnow likely Jan–Mar · Dec
Elevation2,456 mabove sea level
Prominence2,456 mindependent height
Isolation–to a higher summit
Summit, Jul19°average high
35.23° N, 24.77° EElevation 2,456 mUTC+3 · Eastern European Summer Time
From the valley to the top
- Summit2,456 m
- Mid-mountain1,540 m
- Valley · Zoniana623 m
Freezing level in October: above the summit
iThe mountain
Mount Ida in brief
Mount Ida rises to 2,456 m, Crete, Greece. Its topographic prominence — the height it stands above the lowest contour enclosing a higher summit — is 2,456 m, which makes it an ultra-prominent peak.
At the summit, August is the mildest month with average highs of 19°, while nights fall below freezing in 6 months of the year. Daytime highs climb above zero from January to December.
The nearest town in the atlas is Zoniana, 9.3 km to the NE at 623 m.
iiForecast
Weather at three heights
Temperatures are adjusted to each height; summits are usually colder and windier than the valley forecast suggests.
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iiiSummit climate
The top of Mount Ida by month
Summit temperatures and precipitation
Climate normals for the summit area (~1 km grid), station-adjusted| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 1° | 0° | 4° | 9° | 14° | 17° | 19° | 19° | 16° | 12° | 6° | 2° |
| Average low | -6° | -7° | -4° | -1° | 3° | 7° | 9° | 10° | 7° | 4° | 0° | -4° |
| Precipitation | 213 mm | 159 mm | 112 mm | 52 mm | 25 mm | 5 mm | 3 mm | 2 mm | 23 mm | 86 mm | 171 mm | 210 mm |
| Cloud cover | 35% | 34% | 30% | 25% | 17% | 5% | 1% | 1% | 6% | 19% | 32% | 38% |
| Daylight | 10h 02 | 10h 55 | 11h 56 | 13h 04 | 14h 00 | 14h 31 | 14h 19 | 13h 30 | 12h 26 | 11h 20 | 10h 20 | 9h 48 |
| Month score | 23 | 23 | 27 | 44 | 70 | 95 | 99 | 99 | 85 | 45 | 24 | 22 |
Snow and freezing level
Average height of the 0 °C level from the summit normals (6.5 °C per km); snow months have a summit mean at or below +1 °C| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Freezing level | 2,050 m | 1,950 m | 2,450 m | 3,050 m | 3,750 m | 4,300 m | 4,600 m | 4,650 m | 4,250 m | 3,650 m | 2,900 m | 2,300 m |
| Summit | ❄ snow | ❄ snow | ❄ snow | above 0 °C | above 0 °C | above 0 °C | above 0 °C | above 0 °C | above 0 °C | above 0 °C | above 0 °C | ❄ snow |
ivTerrain
Mount Ida in 3D
vNeighbours
Mountains of GreecePeaks nearby
| Mountain | Elevation | Prominence | Distance | July summit high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Agathias | 2,424 m | 103 m | 1.4 km SE | 19° |
| Mount Kedros | 1,777 m | 1,320 m | 15 km W | 21° |
| Mount Stroumboulas | 798 m | 300 m | 24 km NE | 27° |
| Pyrgos | 684 m | – | 22 km NE | 28° |
| Patella Irakleiou | 680 m | – | 22 km E | 30° |
Around here
Zoniana and around
Nature
Mountains
Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH · CC BY 4.0 · Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016
Mount Agathias
2,424 m
Heritage
Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH · CC BY 4.0 · Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016
Sfendoni Zoniana Cave
archaeological site in Greece
Museums
Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH · CC BY 4.0 · Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016
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