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Warmest February day in history in Croatia recorded on Wednesday

 Warmest ever February day in Croatia recorded on Wednesday

Knin (Photo credit: Rprpr/CC BY-SA 4.0)

ZAGREB, 24 February 2021 – The warmest ever February day on record in Croatia was recorded today in Knin in the Dalmatian Hinterland. 

Today, temperatures soared to 25.1 °C in Knin at 2 p.m., the highest ever temperature recorded in February since measurements were kept, the State Met Office confirmed this afternoon.

The old record was 24.7 °C which was recorded in 2008 in Gradište near Županja.

Temperatures also climbed over 20 °C on Wednesday in other Croatian towns including Pazin, Knin, Senj, Crikvenica, Imotski, Metković, Krk, Sinj and Rijeka where a new record was also set.

Temperatures soared to 24.9 °C in Rijeka on Wednesday, the highest ever temperature recorded in February in the city since measurements were kept. Rijeka’s previous warmest day in February was on 22.02.1990 when 21.4 °C was recorded.

Warmest ever February day in Croatia recorded on Wednesday

Rijeka

The highest ever temperature recorded in Croatia is 42.8°C which was recorded in the town of Ploče on 4 August 1981.

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