According to the data of the Latvian Environment, Geology and Meteorology Center (LVĢMC), the average air temperature for the first 20 days of September reached +17.3 degrees. The average air temperature for the entire month is expected to drop to +16 degrees, but that would still be sufficient to set a new record.
In September of last year, which became the warmest autumn month in the history of Latvian meteorological observations, the average temperature of the month was +15.8 degrees, while the previous September record was +15.2 degrees in 1934.
Since the beginning of the month, 87 heat records have been broken at different locations in Latvia, thus September has become the month with the most temperature records this year.
This year, a total of 288 heat records have already fallen, but the number of cold records that have been updated is only seven.
In September last year, 110 heat records were broken, in 2023 - 280 heat and 55 cold records in total.
It has already been reported that a sharper temperature drop is expected in Latvia at the end of this week, and the last two days of September will also be the coldest days of the month, forecasters predict.
On the night of Monday, September 30, for the first time since May, the air temperature may drop slightly below zero in some places in the country.
