Overview
- Temperatures plunged to -23.1°C at Piana di Marcesina in Veneto, with widespread subzero readings from the Alps to the plains.
- Unplanned snowfall coated Siena, prompting citywide school closures and service suspensions while crews treated icy streets.
- Puglia saw the season’s first significant snow on the Gargano and Monti Dauni, leading many municipalities to shut schools and restrict travel.
- Firefighters reported about 950 weather-related callouts in Emilia-Romagna and the Marche for fallen trees, blocked roads and stranded vehicles.
- Weather services expect Libeccio and Maestrale to drive coastal storms on Tyrrhenian shores and gusts potentially above 100 km/h over Sardinia and Sicily, with Tuscany issuing an orange wind alert from Friday.