On Sunday, June 28, a new temperature record was set in Poland. According to the Institute of Meteorology and Water Management (IMGW), after 4:00 PM in the city of Słubice, the weather station recorded a temperature of 40.5 °C — the highest figure in the history of observations in the country.
Around 4:00 PM, the record was broken at the station in Toruń, where the sensors showed 40.3 degrees Celsius. However, a few minutes later, the record was broken again, as in Słubice in western Poland, the meteorological station recorded 40.5 degrees Celsius. Representatives of IMGW clarified that this is a telemetry reading in real-time, not an officially verified temperature for a specific hour.
Both results exceed the previous national record. For over a hundred years, the highest recorded temperature in Poland was considered to be 40.2 degrees, which was registered on July 29, 1921, in Pruśków, in the Opole Voivodeship.
During the weekend, extremely high temperatures were observed throughout the country, including the Pomeranian Voivodeship and Trójmiasto, where the temperature reached 38°C.
