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Heat Record in Hungary Broken Again

• 6 Jan 2022 9:07 AM
• Hungary Around the Clock

The daily heat record was broken again on Wednesday for the sixth day in a row, the National Weather Service announced.

The previous record for January 5 was gauged in Kaposvár in 2014 at 16.3C but on Wednesday the temperature rose to 18.2C in Sellye.

The National Weather Service said the cold front passing through on Wednesday ends the series of records and on Thursday the weather will again resemble winter conditions.

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