PHOTOS, VIDEOS: Winter arrived in Hungary, ice and snow cover a town

Thunderstorm reached Kisvárda in Northeast Hungary yesterday afternoon, and the environment turned wintery for a short while. People stood in ankle-high ice and snow. Here are some photos and videos about how “winter” arrived in Hungary during the hottest summer period.

According to 24.hu, Kisvárda was covered in centimetres-deep ice yesterday afternoon. The Hungarian Meteorological Service (OMSZ) warned about the thunderstorm and the strong winds reaching 60-85 km/h. They talked about tiny pieces of ice, but did not talk about such huge frost balls like in these videos:

This video is from Pap, a small village near Kisvárda:

And here is the result. Winter in Hungary in July:

Ankle-high ice and snow in Kisvárda:

Driving in the rainstorm:

And here are some more photos from Kisvárda:

Winter remains? Here is what you should expect next week

Today, similar thunderstorms are expected in the Transdanubia. The storm will move to the Eastern regions later today. Rainstorms will be the most perilous, creating ~20-40 mm precipitation in no time. Furthermore, they will be accompanied by strong winds (>80 km/h) and hail (~1-3 cm).

The rainstorm over Budapest and Pest County on Friday caused a lot of damage, origo.hu wrote. Trees fell on the roads and vehicles, and the strong winds damaged electric wires. The districts suffering the most from the extreme weather were the 3rd, 4th, 11th, 14th and 19th. Similar damages were reported in Erdőkertes, Pilisborosjenő, and Nagytarcsa, Pest County.

Concerning next week’s weather, idokep.hu writes that we should expect comfortable summer weather with no extreme heat or precipitation. Temperature maximums will be between 25 and 34 °C. However, we should expect thunderstorms, rainstorms and hail. Sunday morning will be the coldest. The thermometers will show only 15 °C in some places in Hungary.

Here are two maps: the upper one shows Sunday morning. Below, you may check out Sunday afternoon (l) and Monday morning (r):

Thunderstorm at Lake Balaton yesterday evening:

And this was Budapest yesterday afternoon: