Heat records broken on Saturday
Several heat records were broken in Hungary on Saturday, the national weather service HungaroMet said on its website.
A daytime high of 27.6 degrees Celsius was measured in Derekegyhaz, in south-east Hungary. The last record (27.5C) was registered in Oroshaza, in the same area, in 1906.
In the capital’s 4th district, a maximum of 26.4 C was measured, breaking the record daily high of 25.6 C measured at the Orszagut weather station in 1939.