First tropical day of this year recorded in Czechia

Temperatures in some parts of Czechia reached 30 degrees Celsius on Sunday, making it the country’s first tropical day this year, the Czech Hydrometeorological Institute has informed.

The warmest temperature, 30.3 degrees Celsius, was recorded at the Bolevec station in the west Bohemian city of Plzeň. Last year, Czechia saw its first tropical day almost a month earlier, on May 20.

According to meteorologists, high temperatures accompanied by occasional storms are expected to last until Friday.