The temperature easily exceeded the previous highest air temperature recorded in Liepāja on February 16 which was 9.3 C in 1925.
There was considerable variance in air temperaturea across the country with Alūksne in the north-east still a chilly -0.7 C on Friday afternoon.
The heat record of the entire country on February 16 is 13.4 degrees, recorded at Kolka in 2019.
