Generally the liquid is water and the fluid above the liquid is air. The molecules within the liquid attract each other and at the interface there are more attractive forces towards the bulk of the liquid than there are towards the adjacent gas molecules. The molecular forces tend to pull into the fluid bulk.
Weather lowdown. Despite the fact that the month of September in Athens can produce summer-like temperatures, the weather starts to cool off significantly in October, and especially at night. The average temperature this month is 19Â°C (66Â°F), while the average low is 15Â°C (59Â°C), and the average high is 23Â°C (73Â°F).
The climate in Greece is typically temperate; mild, wet winters; hot, dry summers. The terrain: mostly mountains with ranges extending into the sea as peninsulas or chains of islands. For Athens in January the daily average maximum temperatures is 13Â°C with the average minimum 6Â°C, while in June the average maximum is 30Â°C with a minimum of 20Â°C. The wettest month for Athens is November with an average of 72.9mm of precipitation falling while the driest month is August with 3.7mm falling.