Although the temperature below -20 degrees Celsius finally did not reach, the Slovak Hydrometeorological Institute (SHMI) recorded the settlement of the minus temperature record of this winter. At the Dobšinská Ice Cave, the temperature dropped to -19.3 degrees Celsius, leaving the same minus temperature from the night to 5 January in the Red Monastery. SHMI informs about it on the social network.
Several stations in the southwest also recorded the lowest winter minimum. “For example, below -10 degrees Celsius, the temperature also dropped in Hurbanov, there was no half degree in Bratislava and in the east of the Danube Lowland was up to -14 degrees Celsius,” Meteorologists have specified.
In the northeast of the country, higher temperatures were recorded, the reason was the rapid increase in low clouds under which the temperature drop stopped. “The cold nights continue, but the frosts will gradually alleviate,” He added SHMI with reference to the low temperature alert, which he also released to the nearest night, from Thursday to Friday (21 2.). Temperatures in several regions may fall to – 16 degrees Celsius.
