Meltemi

Meltemi (plural: meltemia) is a summer local wind expressed yearly at greek beaches and, especially, Aegean. On May till the beginning of June record light north winds, know as harbingers with 2-3 weeks duration. Afterwards, they stop temporarily in June. Wind masses from south Russia moved by meltemi. With their pass from Europe weather and on one hand make the sky looks azure and on the other hand create better visibility conditions.

The etymology of the word meltemi have Turkish origin. Ancient Greeks called it “Yearly”.