Bulgaria Sees Record-High Temperatures

Society » ENVIRONMENT | January 7, 2010, Thursday // 15:15
Bulgaria: Bulgaria Sees Record-High Temperatures A man walks in the yard of St "Nedelya" church during a warm winter day in Sofia, Bulgaria. Photo by EPA/BGNES

Temperature records were recorded in Southern Bulgaria and the capital Sofia on Thursday, marking the second period of unusually warm weather since the new year set in.

Thermometers soared to 14 centigrade in the capital, beating by two centigrades the previous record, set in 1963. In the southern towns of Blagoevgrad and Kardzhali and the central parts near Sliven and Sandanski, the mercury also zoomed up to record highs, ranging from 14 to 16,7 centigrade.

In the first two days of the new year a heat wave brought about by unseasonal southerly winds made Bulgarians welcome the New Year in a surreal Spring-like atmosphere.

The warm spell came to an end with the start of the weekend, when the average temperatures ranged between 6-11 centigrade with snowfalls across the country and blizzards in the northern regions.

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