A number of temperature records, including the temperature of water in the Dnipro River in Kyiv, were set on July 16, according to the Facebook page of the Borys Sreznevsky Central Geophysical Observatory.
“According to the observations of the Kyiv hydrological station of the Borys Sreznevsky Central Geophysical Observatory, on July 16, the maximum water temperature in the Dnipro reached 29.0°C and exceeded the previous maximum by 0.4°, which was recorded on July 22, 2010, and amounted to 28.6°C,” the post says.
The maximum daily air temperature in Kyiv on July 16 was also the highest on record for this date and amounted to 36.0°C, exceeding the previous record of 1931 by 0.2°C.
In addition, the maximum wind speed in the capital reached a record 21 m/s, which is 1 m/s more than the previous maximum recorded in 1964.
A number of daily temperature records were also set on July 16 at meteorological stations in the Kyiv region: in the district center of Vyshgorod, the town of Baryshivka in Brovary district, and at the Teteriv meteorological station in Piskivka, Bucha district.
“A new record was set at the Teteriv meteorological station. The maximum daily air temperature was +36.9°C. The previous record was set in 1951: +35.5°C,” the report says.
In Baryshivka, the maximum daily air temperature was recorded at +34.5°C, the previous record was set at +33.6°C in 2010.
At the United Hydrometeorological Station “Vyshgorod” on the night of July 16, the warmest minimum daily air temperature was recorded at +23.5°C, which is 0.1° higher than in 2010.
