Northern Bulgaria Sees Record High December Temperatures

Northern Bulgaria saw record high temperatures on Monday. Photo by BGNES

A total of nine cities and towns in Bulgaria saw record high temperatures on Monday, according to the National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences.

Veliko Tarnovo saw the highest temperature in Bulgaria on December 5 – 22.6 degrees Celsius, breaking the 1985 record for the same date, which was 21.6 degrees.

The other spots that saw record temperature highs in Bulgaria on Monday were:

Vidin – 20 degrees Celsius, breaking the 1986 record of 19.8 degrees

Lom – 18.8 degrees vs. 17.6 degrees in 1986

Novo Selo – 19.2 vs 17.7 in 1986

Oryahovo – 19.6 vs. 17 in 1999

Pleven – 21 degrees vs. 20.5 in 1985

Ruse – 21.4 vs. 20.6 in 2008

Svishtov – 20.2 vs. 16.7 in 1985

Silistra – 19.8 vs. 18.4 in 1985.

Of those, Vidin, Lom, Novo Selo, Oryahovo, Ruse, Svishtov, and Silistra, are located on the Danube, which has been seen recently its lowest levels since 1941 in the Bulgarian-Romanian section.

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