Eighth warmest July in 62 years

July in the Czech Republic this year was the eighth warmest since 1961, when national temperature averages started being calculated, the Czech Hydrometeorological Institute announced on its website on Monday. The monthly nationwide average temperature was 19.6 degrees Celsius, 1.3 degrees higher than the average from 1991 to 2020.

The hottest day was July 15, when the maximum temperature exceeded 35 degrees Celsius at more than 70 measuring stations and the monthly average temperature in the country was more than seven degrees above the aforementioned 30-year average.