Baku in arms of ‘unprecedented frosts’

Baku faced the lowest temperature of the 110 years yesterday. Chief hydrologist of the National Hydrometeorology Department of the Ecology and Natural Resources Ministry Asif Verdiyev said the north-west wind that started on February 1 lasted on February 2, the maximum speed of the wind reached 28-33 meters in Baku and Absheron peninsula.

The minimum temperature in Baku and Absheron peninsula was -5.5 C. Such a temperature, namely -5.2 C was last recorded in Baku and Absheron peninsula in 1937.

The National Hydrometeorology Department of the Ecology and Natural Resources Ministry reported that the weather is predicted to be mostly rainless during the day in Baku and Absheron peninsula on Feb.4.  Lesser snow is expected in some places at night. North-eastern wind will blow.  The temperature will be -5-8?C at night, up to 0?C in the afternoon. Roads will ice up.

On Feb.4, the weather is forecast to be mainly rainless in most regions of the country, but lesser rainy in some eastern regions, alongside snow. Mist will be in several places. Eastern wind will blow. The temperature is expected to be -1-6?C at night, -2?C to +3?C in the afternoon, -13-18?C in the mountains at night, and 0-(-5) ?C in the afternoon. The minimum temperature in the high mountainous areas will be -23-28?C. Roads will be covered with ice.


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