Heat wave reached climax today, weather should cool off later in week

The Czech Republic is going through a heat wave at the moment culminating on Monday with temperatures of up to 36 degrees Celsius. This is caused by an inflow of hot air from Africa which increases temperatures by 3 to 4 degrees, a climatologist said. With 36 degrees measured at Prague's weather station Klementinum, a temperature record set in 1928 was broken on Monday afternoon. The heat wave is expected to end towards the end of the week and over the weekend.