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According to preliminary data, a new June 20 was registered. record maximum air temperature.
A heat of 33.1 degrees was recorded at the Alytus weather station. June 20 before. the record belonged to Varėnai (recorded in 1964) and reached 32.3 ° C. Therefore, tentatively, the previous record has improved by 0.8 degrees.
The number, as always, will still have to be reviewed and verified by our specialists, but we really have the fact of a new record, “the report reads.
A new record was also set in Latvia on June 20, when the columns of the thermometer in Mersrage rose to 32.4 degrees Celsius on Sunday, forecasters said.
The highest temperature in the country today was recorded in 1917 (104 years ago), when the temperature in Riga reached 32.1 degrees.
There is currently an “orange” heat warning in Latvia, but the danger should reach a “red” (extreme) level next Monday and Tuesday.
According to meteorologists, heat records could be broken again in the coming days.
According to the Latvian Center for Environment, Geology and Meteorology, the June 21 record also held from 1917, when the temperature rose to 32.4 degrees.
In 1936, a record was set for June 22 at 31.2 degrees.
In Latvia, due to the anomalous heat in one of the official bathing places, Lake Babytė, the water warmed up to 25 degrees, and in the Daugava River, near Kipsala Island, up to 22 degrees, reported the municipality of the capital to the BNS news agency.
The heat will continue
The heat will continue through the weekend and at the beginning of the week, reports the Lithuanian Hydrometeorological Service.
The probability of rain on Monday is low, the temperature is 17-22 degrees at night and 29-34 degrees during the day.
