From March 7 to 9, five temperature records were recorded in Kyiv, with a maximum of 20.2°C. On March 8, the air temperature corresponded to the weather at the end of April. This was reported on Monday by the Central Geophysical Observatory named after Boris Sreznevsky, writes UNN.
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"According to the combined hydrometeorological station Kyiv, five temperature records were recorded in the capital from March 7 to 9," the message states.
The maximum air temperature on March 7 reached 20.2 °C in the afternoon, which is 3.9°C higher than in 1995 for this date.
The maximum air temperature on March 8 reached 18.8 °C in the afternoon, which is 1.1°C higher than in 2019 for this date. The average daily air temperature was the highest recorded during the observation period, at 12.1°C, exceeding the previous record set in 2019 by 2.0°C, and the climatic norm by 10.6°C. "According to long-term indicators, such air temperature corresponds to the weather at the end of April," the observatory noted.
The maximum air temperature on March 9 reached 20.0 °C in the afternoon, which is 2.7°C higher than in 1920 for this date. The average daily air temperature was the highest recorded during the observation period, reaching 11.2°C, exceeding the previous record set in 2019 by 0.7°C, and the climatic norm by 9.4°C.