“Vodokhresny frost” is no longer the anthological cold that associates this Christian holiday with the lowest temperatures of the year. Even more so in Bucharest. This year, the weather for Baptism in Bucharest resembles spring.

Meteorologists have announced a maximum temperature of 14-15 degrees for the capital this weekend.

But it is also reported that a wave of cold air will enter the country from Monday.

However, since Monday, winter has turned the page. On the first day of the week, snow is possible, then over time the temperature also drops significantly. But even so, the weather forecast says a minimum temperature of minus 3 degrees Celsius, a really friendly temperature for the beginning of January.

But over the past hundred years, the capital has experienced several years of extreme winters with unusual snow and frost. Among them, the winters of 1929, 1942, 1954 or 1967 remain among the harshest in the weather archives.

Read on B365 what Bucharest residents faced and how they coped with the coldest winters.