As the cold weather continues, it will probably snow in Latvia on Thursday, according to the forecast of the Center for Environment, Geology and Meteorology of Latvia.
The day will be mostly cloudy, in some places it will rain a little in the western and central regions.
Wet snow is possible in some places in the morning hours.
Slow to moderate southerly winds will remain. The air will warm up to +7…+12 degrees during the day.
In Riga, the day will be mostly cloudy. A slow wind will remain, and the air temperature will rise to +7…+8 degrees.
We remind you that in 2021 the air temperature dropped to -1..-4 degrees this night in many places, the cold record of May 9 was broken at Riga Airport and at the observation station “Jelgava”.
On the other hand, on the morning of May 9, 2017, a five-centimeter-thick snow cover had formed on the Kurzeme side. At night there was frost up to four degrees and during the day it did not get warmer than +9 degrees.
However, in 2016, the weather was dry and sunny, and there was a high risk of fire in the forests. During the day, the air warmed up to +23..+26 degrees throughout the country, except for some places on the coast.
As for the national air temperature records of May 9, it should be noted that in 1999 the air temperature in Zoseni dropped to -6.5 degrees, but in 2013 in Jelgava the air temperature rose to +30.0 degrees.
