Cyprus weather Today: Temperatures to reach 40 degrees on Tuesday

The warm air current affecting the island has taken temperatures to almost August levels in the last  48 hours and will continue today as temperatures are expected to rise to 40 degrees on Tuesday, several degrees above average for the time if the year.

At night, temperatures are forecast to drop to 26C in most places, and 19C in the higher mountains.

The hot weather is not expected to last that long, as temperatures will gradually drop on Wednesday and Thursday still remaining above the seasonal average however.