Today will probably be the hottest day of the year in the Czech Republic, with temperatures reaching 37 degrees in the south of Moravia. The night will also be tropical, it will cool slightly on Thursday.

In other regions, maximum temperatures will be several degrees lower. Due to the dry and hot weather that will continue in southern Moravia for the next few days, there is a fire warning in place until further notice. This follows from the current warning of the Czech Hydrometeorological Institute (ČHMÚ).

“During yesterday, the highest temperature exceeded 35 °C in several places. The highest temperature rose in Doksany, at 35.8 °C. We are also expecting a hot day today, temperatures will rise to 31 to 35 °C, in southern Moravia the temperature can reach 37 °C,” states in today’s forecast of the ČHMÚ.

The limit of the so-called supertropical day, i.e. 35 degrees, was already measured by some stations on Tuesday. The thermometer showed the most in Doksany in Litoměřice, namely 35.8 degrees Celsius.

The night on Thursday will be very warm, often tropical, when temperatures will not drop below 20 degrees Celsius. During the day it will be a little colder than today. “However, it will remain uncomfortably stuffy as there will be more moisture in the air,” meteorologists added. In the southeast of the country, the heat will probably last until Saturday.

Due to dry and hot weather until further notice fire warning is in effect in the south of Moravia and for today also for a large part of Bohemia. The heat and fire risk in some regions will be moderated by storms.

There is a threat of severe thunderstorms

Storms are expected to arrive on Wednesday evening and night from the west and move to Moravia and Silesia on Thursday. They can be exceptionally strong. Hail and torrential rainfall of around 40 mm may fall in places during thunderstorms.

“Later in the evening and on the night of Thursday, showers and thunderstorms will begin to appear in western Bohemia, they can be strong. The storms will continue during Thursday, when they will also move to Moravia and Silesia. In the afternoon, they will stop from the west,” warn meteorologists.

Thursday will bring clouds with showers and occasional strong thunderstorms. Cloudiness and precipitation should gradually decrease towards the evening. The lowest night temperatures will be around 17 °C. During the day, the mercury on the thermometer rises to 35 °C. Moderate winds will temporarily increase in thunderstorms.

The storms will not leave the territory of the Czech Republic even on Friday, when the temperatures will most likely remain identical to those on Thursday.

On Saturday, there will be a slight temperature drop to a daily maximum of around 30 °C. Strong thunderstorms will occasionally occur again. Sunday’s maximum temperature will be in the range of 24-28 °C, while the end of the week will be accompanied by exceptionally heavy showers and thunderstorms.

Storms hit Germany

The storms have already hit Germany, accompanied by downpours and local floods. The storm uprooted trees and flooded basements in some areas of Germany. The DPA agency informed about it.

Rescuers had to evacuate a retirement home in East Frisia in the federal state of Lower Saxony. Due to the heavy rains in this area, firefighters went to hundreds of interventions. In addition to Lower Saxony, the extreme weather also significantly affected North Rhine-Westphalia, Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria, where the Eurocity train hit a fallen tree. It was Express EC 117 of the Austrian ÖBB railways.

Saxony hit by storms (August 2024)

Author: ČTK / Lars Penning

In East Frisia in the north of Germany, the city of Aurich was particularly affectedthe spokesperson of the center of the integrated rescue system in Wittmund told DPA. In addition to the evacuated retirement home, firefighters also intervened in the local hospital, where they tried to pump out the basement to prevent the evacuation of this facility as well. “They are currently bringing in sandbags,” the spokesman added.

In the municipality of Linkenheim-Hochstetten in Baden-Württemberg, according to a police spokesman, lightning struck the attic of a residential buildingwhich subsequently caught fire. The firemen extinguished the fire, but some residents spend the night in the church because the house is without gas and electricity.