Our current temperature map is red, we have already reached 30 degrees in most places – HungaroMet wrote on its social media page, highlighting that 35.9 degrees were currently measured in Baja, and the good is just beginning – writes the Hungarian Nation.
There is a good chance that today’s maximum temperature record, which is currently 37.9 degrees in Pécs since 2011, may be broken.
– they announced, and then promised that they would come back with fresh information during the day.
Can the 2007 heat record be broken today?
According to the compilation of the MTI, the warmest year in Hungary since 1901 was in 2007, which was measured in Kiskunhalas, when the temperature was 41.9 degrees.
The maximum temperatures measured at the observation stations show that there were already exceptionally hot summers in 1946, a record heat was measured in Debrecen in 1946, when the thermometer showed 39.2 degrees. In the 1950s there were also real hot days, in 1952 in Nyeregyháza, water compresses were needed, when 40.2 degrees were measured.
What else is coming this summer?
Meteorologists warn that the heat will continue in the coming days, and even next week, it is still uncertain whether the heat will continue to peak or whether the long-awaited refreshment will arrive. Zsanett Kiss-Szabó, an employee of HungaroMet, told Magyar Nemzet:
As a result of the anticyclone, the edge of which affects our country, there may be some showers and thunderstorms in the next few days, but they will not bring much relief, rather they will only make the heat even more unbearable due to the resulting moisture.
The meteorologist highlighted: the heatwave is not over yet, we have to count on high temperatures even at the beginning of next week, it could be 38-39 degrees, and 35 degrees can remain in the second half of the week.
The forecast for the next four weeks shows that
a warmer-than-average period awaits us, at the same time July 22-28. there may be some moderation in between.
He added: precipitation conditions corresponding to the average will be typical in some places, so the weather may be drier in the Great Plain.
2024-07-11 02:09:00