Heat record broken on Tuesday, fire ban still in force in Hungary
A heat record temperature of 40.7 degrees Celsius was measured in Kelebia, in southern Hungary, the HungaroMet weather service said on Facebook on Tuesday.
Heat record broken in Hungary
The highest temperature measured on August 13 before today’s record was 39.8 degrees recorded in 1946 in Kaposvár, in southern Hungary, HungaroMet said.
Meanwhile, the chief medical officer has declared the highest, third-degree, heat alert to be in effect from Tuesday midnight until Sunday midnight, the disaster management authority’s directorate said on its website.
Risk groups include young children, the elderly, pregnant women, and people with cardiovascular disease as well as house pets.
The public is advised to drink water more frequently and avoid direct exposure to the sun from noon until early afternoon.
In light of the heat wave and the recent dry period, a fire ban is still in force in Hungary’s entire territory, the authority said.
Daily highs are expected to be between 36 and 38 degrees, at 40 degrees in places, over the next several days, according to forecasts.
Photo: MTI/Varga György
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The Real Person!
What was the temperature when most of Hungary was a sea?
Or during the Roman times?
Or during the Medieval period?
Oh, that’s right: We don’t know, because there were no thermometers until barely 300 years ago. And even then, there was no reliable, uniform, and consistent measuring and recording of temperatures until the advent of satellites some 40-50 years ago.
So, the “record” refers to, at most, within the past two generations.