The highest air temperature in the early afternoon was +31.6 degrees in Mersrag, and the +31 degree mark was also reached in Bauska, Dobele, Staļgene and Rucava. The heat record was also broken in Ainaži, Alūksne, Jēkabpilis, Liepāja, Madona, Pāvilost, Saldu, Skrīveri, Stande, Ventspils and Zosēni, while it was repeated in Gulbene.
On August 30, 1992, the air temperature in Dagda rose to +31.7 degrees, which is the national record for that date. On the other hand, the heat record for the penultimate day of August in the capital is +31.1 degrees in 1938.
It has already been reported that a cold atmospheric front will cross Latvia from the west on Saturday. At night, rain is expected in Kurzeme, it will rain heavily in some places and there is a possibility of a thunderstorm, in the first half of the day, rain clouds will cross the central part of the country, later they will reach the east. The maximum air temperature on Saturday will be +19..+22 degrees, before the rain in Latgale and the east of Vidzeme, the air will warm up to +24..+28 degrees, forecasters predict.
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