PHOTOS: Thick snow blanket covers Hungarian regions, more snow may come

Kékestető covered in snow. Photo: facebook.com/metfigyelo

This January is exceptionally warm in Hungary. Sometimes we feel as if spring had arrived and there would have been no winter. Some may believe that Hungary became a three-season land instead of a four-season country. However, there are some areas in Hungary where snow rules and the thickness of the snow blanket reaches 30-40 centimetres. We brought some delightful photos and a weather forecast for the following days, especially when we may experience snowfall in Hungary.

Currently, the weather is rainy in Hungary. Part of the precipitation falls in a liquid state, but in some other areas, snow rules. According to idokep.hu, we may see the sun on Wednesday in the afternoon. However, in the evening and at night, we should expect rain. In Transdanubia and North Hungary, the precipitation might be snow. In the afternoon, the temperature will be between 4 and 13 degrees Celsius, idokep.hu wrote.

On Thursday, the rainy weather will remain, while in the North and the West, snow may fall.

Here is a map made by the Hungarian Meterological Service (OMSZ). It shows that from tonight and tomorrow night, you should expext snow in West Hungary:

The day will be cloudy. We will only see the sun provided we live in the Southern and Eastern regions. Winds might be strong, while the temperature will remain between 2 and 9 degrees.

On Friday, we should expect rain, snow and sleet with temperatures around 1-5 degrees. Over the weekend, clouds will remain over us, and the temperature will further decrease. The good news is that there will be no considerable precipitation.

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Ripost.hu wrote that ski resorts in Hungary would benefit from the snowfall. They have struggled with the lack of it, so most of them closed. However, they added that we should not expect snow later this month. The end of January will be rainy.

Finally, here are some photos from the MetFigyelő Facebook page.

Nagy-Hideg-hegy (Börzsöny). The snow layer is 20-40 cm thick there:

Dobogókő:

The snow is 15 cm on the Kékestető (1014 m), Hungary’s highest peak:

Mátraháza, intensive snowfall:

Some photos from Kékestető taken yesterday:

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2022 third hottest year in Hungary since 1901, says weather service

Last year was the third hottest year in Hungary since 1901, the weather service said on Wednesday. Several months were at least 2 degrees hotter than the average of previous years, with the summer mean temperature being the highest since the beginning of the 20th century, the statement said. The national annual mean temperature averaged 11.83 degrees Celsius last year, 1.1 degrees above the average mean between 1991 and 2020.

Most of the hottest years on record have been in the last decade, with warming rising by close to 1.5 degrees since the beginning of the 20th century. Only March, April and September were cooler than the 1990-2020 average, with April being 2.0 degrees cooler. All the other months were at least 1 degree warmer than what would have been considered normal for Hungary’s climate, with February being 3.1 degrees hotter.

The lowest daily temperature in 2022 averaged -11.2 degrees for the country, the ninth highest since 1901, making 2022 the fourth year in a row to have the average minimum temperature be above -12 degrees Celsius. Daily maximum temperatures averaged 17.6 degrees, the second highest behind 2019.

The national summer average high reached 30 degrees Celsius for the first time last year. The hottest day of 2022 was 23 July, with 41.5 degrees recorded in Hódmezővásárhely-Szikáncs and Kiskunfélegyháza, in southern Hungary.