Summer of 2022 fifth hottest in Prague’s history

Prague saw the fifth hottest summer since records began back in 1775, the Czech Hydro-Meteorological Institute reported on Thursday.

Between the start of July and end of August, the oldest Czech meteorological station at Prague’s Clementinum recorded an average temperature of 22.2 degrees Celsius, the fifth highest in the past 245 years.

So far the hottest summer was set in 2019 with the average temperature of 22.9 degrees.