The Lithuanian Hydrometeorological Service (LHT) announced that a new record daily high temperature was set on 17 August, a day after record high weather temperature was observed on 16 August.
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The Ministry of Agriculture says it will ease controls on farmers who suffer losses due to the dry weather and will not impose sanctions for non-compliance with commitments tied to the European Union’s support.
Last month was one of the warmest Septembers in Lithuania since 1961, the country's Hydrometeorological Service said on Friday adding that it had also recorded new temperature records on two days.
This past January was the warmest on record in Lithuania, with temperatures averaging 2.8 degrees Celsius, six degrees above the multi-annual average, meteorologists said on Monday.
2019 was the warmest year in Lithuania since records began, which was determined by global climate change, meteorologists announced on Thursday.
Temperatures in the Lithuanian capital of Vilnius and the southern city of Varena broke the November 4 records, the country's Meteorological Service said on Tuesday.
Record temperatures were reported on Sunday in many areas in Lithuania. Residents of Kybartai, Varena and Taurage areas were the luckiest ones to enjoy temperatures exceeding 20 degrees centigrade, Lithuania's Hydrometeorological Service said.
Lithuania has recently experienced its hottest mid-June in 58 years, the Hydrometeorological Service said.
The first thing people should do in case of an accident at the Astravyets nuclear power plant in Belarus is to stay indoors, Edgaras Geda of Lithuania's Fire and Rescue Department says.
A temporary group of the Lithuanian Seimas will on Wednesday discuss the country's preparation for a possible nuclear or radiological accident at the Astravyets nuclear power plant under construction close to the Lithuanian border.
Water levels in rivers across Lithuania have dropped to record-low, specialists from the Lithuanian Hydrometeorological Service warned on Wednesday.
Heavy rain and squalls are expected in Lithuania on Friday and Saturday, the country's Hydrometeorological Service warns.
Rainy weather in Lithuania over the last few days has barely brought any relief to areas suffering from drought, and another five municipalities plan to declare the state of severe drought on Monday.
Rain in parts of Lithuania on Friday night did not end severe drought in some areas, and it still remains in five municipalities – Šakiai, Alytus, Marijampolė, Trakai District and Kalvarija.
A squall on Friday night uprooted trees and caused damage to several residential properties and cars in Lithuania.
Drought has officially been declared in five Lithuanian municipalities.
Temperatures dipped to minus 20 degrees Celsius in some places in Lithuania last night, but the cold snap is expected to loosen its grip in the coming days and days with above zero temperatures are forecast to arrive next week.
Temperatures last night dropped below minus 25 degrees Celsius in some places in eastern Lithuania and cold records were broken in the western part of the country.
The record-low temperatures of this winter claimed three lives in Vilnius over the past three days.
Temperatures are forecast to drop to as low as 24 degrees Celsius below zero in some places in Lithuania at the end of this week.
