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The tallest thermometer columns rose in Alytus, up to 33.1 degrees of heat. The previous record belonged to Varėnai, where a heat of 32.3 degrees was recorded in 1964.
Latvian meteorologists also announced a new record on Sunday. At Mersrsage, on the shores of the Gulf of Riga, the columns of the thermometer had risen to 32.4 degrees Celsius. 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.
We are likely to get new records in Lithuania in the next few days. On Monday and Tuesday, a heat of 35 degrees is forecast in some areas of Lithuania.
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