The warmest year in history: Area average temperature air in 2024 in Poland as much as in Poland 10.9 degrees C And it was 2.2 degrees Celsius than the annual average (normal climatological period 1991-2020). “Last year should be classified as years extremely warm. It was the warmest year in the history of air temperature measurements in Poland, “he comments IMGWwhich indicates the Copernicus report.
Where was the warmest? On Podkarpacie The average area air temperature was 11.3 degrees C and was higher than the norm for this area by 2.4 degrees C. In turn, the coldest region was the coastal, where the average annual temperature was 10.7 degrees C (1.8 degrees C above the norm). “The western part of the Lowland belt was in 2024. The warmest region of the country – the average annual air temperature was there 11.8 degrees C. From the point of view of the quantile classification of thermal conditions, it should be stated that 2024 was extremely thermally warm in every region of Poland” – we read.
It hasn't been so warm yet: IMGW notes that, according to the rank classification, the average annual temperature, covering the period from 1951, last year is in 1st position. Until now he was the warmest 2019 with a temperature amounting 10.2 degrees C. However, the coldest from the beginning of the second half of the 20th century was 1956 with the average area air temperature at 6.1 degrees C.
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Source: IMGW