Highest-level heat alert issued in Hungary, scorching heat expected this weekend – UPDATE: 102-yo record broken
The weather service HungaroMet has issued the highest-level red heat alert for fifteen counties in effect until Saturday midnight, with median daily temperature forecast above 29 °C.
The red alert has been issued for Baranya, Bács-Kiskun, Békés, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén, Csongrád-Csanád, Fejér, Hajdú-Bihar, Heves, Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok, Komárom-Esztergom, Pest, Somogy, Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg, Tolna and Veszprém counties.
A second-degree heat alert has been issued for an additional four counties. The median temperature is forecast to stay above 27 °C in Győr-Moson-Sopron, Nógrád, Vas and Zala counties.
Győr downtown yesterday. Photo: MTI
HungaroMet has forecast sunshine accompanied by scattered showers and thunderstorms over the weekend, with temperatures hitting up to 41 °C.
UPDATE: 102-year-old record broken today!
On 11 July, thermometers showed 40 °C in Kelebia, which is record-high on that day in Hungary. The record was 38.5 degrees before in Szerepen in 1922. In Újpest, Budapest’s 4th district, thermometers showed 38.5 degrees. The previous record was 37.5 degrees (1968).
In Boda, the daily minimum was 26.9 degrees, higher than the historic record of 24.8 degrees (2017, Szekszárd).
On Thursday, surgeries halted due to the record-high temperatures in multiple Budapest hospitals. In some settlements of the agglomeration of Budapest, authorities announced water restrictions.
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Hmm, so it WAS this hot before and it was way before air travel, cow farts, vehicle exhaust fumes, etc.
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Does anyone still buy this cr…?!?
LOL!!!