Radiators on? Hard to say, considering that much of Italy is still panting from the heat.
While Spain is devastated by floods, here, in fact, the weather confirms this weekend of celebration for All Saints marked by sunshine and almost summer temperatures. In the southern regions and in Sardinia and Sicily, maximum temperatures may reach 28°C, while in the Center and North, values between 23°C and 25°C are expected.
We therefore think of everything except staying locked in the house with the heating on. Yet, according to Presidential Decree 412/93 – which defines the dates for turning radiators on and off according to different geographical areas – it is possible to turn them on as early as 15 October (in fact, we started with the turning on of the systems in band Etherefore Milan, Turin, Venice).
In particular, starting tomorrow November 1st it will be possible to turn on the radiators in climate zone D (which includes Rome, Genoa and Florence), while the November 15th it will be the turn of the band C (Naples, Bari and Cagliari).
Isn’t it still too hot to turn on the radiators? Yes, definitely. Except for a few remote points of the country – and after we are still licking the wounds of yet another flood in Emilia-Romagna – temperatures are recorded far and wide that are not at all autumnal, synonymous with how much the climate crisis is worsening day by day day and we don’t even want to notice it.
The Ordinance of Rome
Reason why the Mayor of Rome, Gualtieri, has recently issued an Ordinance aimed at postponing the turning on of heating in the city to 15 November (and until Monday 7 April 2025).
The temperatures recorded in the most recent years show in a general way for most of the regional capitals, including Rome, a tendency towards an increase in both minimum and maximum temperatures (ISTAT data) – we read in the Ordinance. Arpa Lazio itself observed, specifically for the city of Rome, in the period 15 November 2023 – 15 April 2024 that the temperature recorded in the “Boncompagni” micrometeorological station was approximately 1° C higher than the average for the same ten-year periods precedents.
An intuition, therefore, that goes well with the need to look clearly at an objective fact: there is a significant climate change underway and we cannot pretend not to see it.
The condominium meetings, however, will be able to decide on further movements forward in time with respect to the limits set by the mayor of Rome, the ordinance continues.
For how many hours a day can radiators be turned on in Rome
The mayor’s ordinance provides that heating systems can be activated for a maximum of 11 hours per day, between 5 am and 11 pm. The ordinance “establishes the reduction of 1°C compared to the limits indicated in Presidential Decree no. 74/2013 and provides that the maximum temperature in buildings for industrial, artisanal and similar activities is 17°C (+2°C tolerance), and 19°C (+2°C tolerance) for all other buildings”. The limitations on the period and hours of boiler ignition do not apply:
HERE is the Ordinance of the Municipality of Rome.
