Frost warning issued for Thursday night

Temperatures in the Czech Republic could drop to as low as minus three degrees Celsius on Thursday night, especially in the northeast of the country, the Czech Hydrometeorological Institute has warned. Crops, particularly potatoes and other vegetables, are at risk of frost damage. The warning applies to the eastern parts of the Hradec Králové and Pardubice regions and the entirety of the Olomouc, Zlín and Moravian-Silesian regions from 10 p.m. on Thursday to 8 a.m. on Friday.

Despite it almost being May, parts of Czechia have experienced several nights of freezing temperatures this week. On Tuesday night, temperatures of around minus six degrees Celsius were recorded, and on Thursday morning it reached minus 7.5 degrees.