A record warm start to the new year is behind us. In the west of the country, on New Year’s Eve, the temperature reached the values that we often see on thermometers in the summer months. In Słubice at midnight it was almost 17 degrees Celsius. At the hottest time on December 31, the temperature there exceeded 18 degrees.
The year 2022 ended exceptionally warm, and so does the new year 2023. Warm air of tropical origin flows to Poland from northern Africa and south-western Europe.
“Such an average has the right to be in May or September”
“Records have been broken” – we read in the entry of the Institute of Meteorology and Water Management on Twitter. As reported, the average daily temperature over the last 24 hours in Poland reached 14 degrees Celsius, which means a positive anomaly of 14 degrees. A thermal or temperature anomaly is a term used to describe a temperature deviation from the average for a given period and/or area.
“Such a thermal average should be in May or September” – he pointed out IMGW.
New Year’s Eve record broken by more than three degrees
December 31 last year was recorded as the warmest New Year’s Eve in our country in the history of measurements. In Słubice, the temperature at the hottest time of the day was 18.1 degrees Celsius. The record was broken before noon, when 16 degrees Celsius was measured.
So far, the warmest New Year’s Eve in Poland was December 31, 2021. Then in Legnica in Lower Silesia, 14.6 degrees Celsius was recorded. The record was thus beaten by more than three degrees Celsius.
It was close to the December record. It’s 19.5 degrees C measured in Tarnów from 1989
In most of the country, thermometers on the last day of last year showed several degrees above zero.
IMGW: summer temperature, almost 17 degrees at midnight
The night from December 31 to January 1 was also record-breaking, according to the Institute. At 9 pm in Słubice, the synoptic station measured a value of 16.8 degrees Celsius. It was also unusually warm in other regions of Poland.
“Winter evening, and summer temperatures” – commented IMGW.
At midnight, at the time of welcoming the new year, the temperature in Słubice reached as much as 16.5 degrees Celsius. Throughout the night it did not fall below 15 degrees. Four hours later, even more was measured there, as much as 16.9 degrees Celsius.
The minimum value recorded in the “hottest city” of Poland last night was 15.9 degrees Celsius. The lowest could be seen on thermometers in Krakowwhere 2.5 degrees Celsius was recorded.
Cold first half, record warm last days
December last year was considered a month thermally normal – informed IMGW.
“Although it was cold for the first two decades, (…) the last decade of December was record warm” – we read.
New Year’s record?
The heat record will probably also be broken on January 1. In the west of the country, thermometers can indicate up to 18 degrees Celsius.
So far, the warmest first day of the year was in 2007, when 15.9 degrees Celsius was recorded in Grabik (Lower Silesian Voivodeship), and the maximum temperature in Legnica was 12.6 degrees Celsius.
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