New Heat Records Broken In Hungary on Sunday

  • 16 Apr 2024 5:18 AM
  • Hungary Matters
New Heat Records Broken In Hungary on Sunday
Budapest and Hungary as a whole witnessed record-high temperatures in the early morning as well as during the day on Sunday, the national weather service HungaroMet said on its website.

The mercury hit 31.2°C in Baja, in southern Hungary, breaking the previous record temperature of 28.7°C measured in Túrkeve in the east in 1939.

The Budapest daytime high was also broken, with 29.8 C recorded in the 4th district, nearly 3 degrees higher than the previous record of 27 C measured in the 21st district in 1939.

A new highest minimum temperature of 15.9 C was recorded in Boda, in the southwest, nearly 2 degrees higher than the daily minimum temperature of 14 C measured in Gyöngyös and Kisbér in 1989.

Budapest’s János Hill also witnessed a record high dawn temperature of 14.6 C, breaking the previous record of 14 C measured at the Budakeszi station in 1939 on this day.
 

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