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Asif Verdiyev: â€œTomorrow will be the hottest day of July, such heats are not forecasted in subsequent daysâ€

24 July 2012 12:19 (UTC +04:00)

Baku. Sevil Zeynalgizi â€“ APA. â€œTomorrow will be the hottest day of July month this yearâ€, senior hydrologist of the National Hydrometeorology Department of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources Asif Verdiyev told APA. According to him, though 34â€¦38 C temperature is forecasted in Baku and Absheron peninsula, 40 C in some places of peninsula tomorrow, it is not considered as abnormal heat: â€œIn general, the climatic conditions are near normal this year. Tomorrow will be the hottest day of July. Such heats are not forecasted in subsequent daysâ€.

Senior hydrologist said that the hottest years in Baku over the last 20 years were 2010, 2011, the coolest years â€“ 1993 and 2004: â€œThe abnormal heats were recorded in Azerbaijan in 2010. 40â€¦ 41 C was recorded in Baku on July 11-12, 42â€¦ 43 C in some regions of the Central Aran, 44 C in Julfa. The strong heats were recorded in the country last year from the third ten days of July till August 3. 40 C was recorded in Baku in July 22 last year.