​In January 1921, the temperature in Iasi was +15.5°C, a record that lasted for more than 100 years, and now it has been surpassed by two in just two days, according to ANM data. In Iasi on Thursday, it was +19.4 C, but this is not the only very old record that “falls” twice.

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The warmest days of January in Iasi

+19.4 C on January 19, 2023

+17.3 C on January 18, 2023

+15.5 C on January 13, 1921

+15.4 C on January 18, 2007

+15.2 C on January 28, 1983

Usually the air temperature will be +1°C

  • Absolute temperature record in the country for January – where it was over 22 degrees

Another old record “fell” twice this week. In Hoseni commune in Hargit, the “pole of cold”, where the average January is -7.1°C, it was +12.6°C on Wednesday and +13.4°C on Thursday. The old record was +12 C and was dated January 4, 1925.

In Joseni, highs are usually negative during this period.

Another old record was set at the weather station in the city of Tirgu-Okna (Bakeu County). There, on January 18, 1939, it was +18.4 C, and on January 1, 2023, it was +20.1 C. Well, on January 19, a new absolute maximum was recorded: +20.5 C.

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