Prague saw one of the warmest June since records began back in 1775, the Czech Hydro-Meteorological Institute reported on its website on Wednesday.
The oldest Czech meteorological station at Prague’s Klementinum recorded an average temperature of 22.4 degrees Celsius.
In the last 247 years, it was warmer only in 1811. Meteorologists measured the same monthly average as this year in June 2003.
This year’s June in Prague was 3.6 degrees warmer than the average, based on data from 1981 to 2010. It means it places this month between the 3rd and 4th spot in a total of 247 measurements.
The warmest day was Sunday, June 20, with an average daily temperature of 29.3 degrees Celsius. A week earlier, the daily average reached only 15.6 degrees.
The warmest June since 1775 was recorded in 2019, when the monthly average reached 24.5 degrees Celsius. It was two degrees lower in 1811 and even 0.1 degrees colder was the same in 2003 and this year.
This June was the third warmest in the Czech Republic since the start of monitoring in 1961. The average June temperature of 18.8 degrees Celsius was three degrees higher than the national average.
In Moravia, which is traditionally warmer, the June average was 19.1 degrees. On the other hand, the amount of precipitation did not differ much from the long-term values in June.
