On Sunday and Monday, showers and storms will be a common occurrence across the country, as will strong winds. On the last day of the week, temperatures will peak around 25-33 degrees, and similar levels of heat are not expected to return to the country over next week.

Meteorologists are also expecting the current record temperature of 38.2 °C, measured in Kiskunfélegyháza in 1988, to be surpassed as forecasters report temperatures rising up to 39 °C on Thursday.

The long-term and almost uninterrupted sunshine and extremely dry air has also caused Lake Balaton’s water to heat up to close to record temperatures, with 30.5 °C being measured at the resort town of Siófok today.

Measured thirty minutes from the shore and one meter deep at a meteorological observatory, the official figure does not reflect the water’s temperature on its entire area; the absolute record temperature ever recorded of the lake’s water is believed to be 31.1 °C in 2003.

Source: hungarytoday.hu

Republished with permission

MTI photo: Zoltán Balogh

Related articles:

Hungary Faces Tropical Heat