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The bad weather of these hours was expected and widely expected, but few could imagine a singular phenomenon to say the least, like the one that hit the Modenese plain starting at 5 o’clock in the afternoon today. An already unusual thunder and lightning storm for this time of year, resulting in a violent hail.
The white grains fell for about half an hour on the city of Modena and its surroundings, creating an ice sheet quite comparable to a Christmas snowfall.
Traffic, although very limited in itself, slows down on the capital’s arteries, including the highways. An accident occurred on the A1, near Saliceta San Giuliano, as well as on the Modena ring road, in the Cognento area. On the other hand, there were no interventions by the Firefighters due to bad weather: fortunately the damage was zero or very limited.
Christmas, in Modena almost never white
For statisticians, the Unimore Geophysical Observatory highlights how in the historical series only 7 cases of White Christmas have been registered, the last one with snow deposited on the ground for up to 57 years, while in 1990 there was a modest pinch of snow without deposit. down. However, there has never been a hailstorm at Christmas, and thunderstorms are also rare. For example, Christmas in 2000 is remembered, during the rains and temperatures below zero, but only with a couple of lightning and thunder, not continuous as now, with characteristics more typical of summer than winter.
