Estonia hits hottest May day ever

Photo: Mihkel Maripuu / Postimees

It was unusually warm in Estonia, yesterday. Never before has it been so hot here in the month of May. Also, top temperatures standing for nearly 50 years were updated in quite a few spots in the land.

The warmth came by a tropical air mass, all the way from between the Black and Caspian Seas. 24 hour average beat the very Julys, as stated by Weather Service as at 5 pm, yesterday. 

At Kunda weather station, the Estonian May heat record was fixed – maximum air temperature of 33.1 degrees Celsius.

Not many hit the Pärnu beaches, though. Had the waters been so empty of humans there, in July at 28^o C, one might have thought a killer shark was around. But then: it’s not the vacation and school holiday time yet – so no wonder the absent thousands.

May temperature

Location       Max, yesterday (°C)    Max, earlier (°C)

Tallinn-Harku    31.4    29.7    May 26^th 1958

Jõgeva    30.5    30.0    May 26^th 1958

Jõhvi    32.1    30.8    May 29^th 2007

Kunda    33.1    29.7    May 28^th 2007

Kuusiku    30.1    29.8    May 29^th 2007

Tartu-Tõravere    30.9    30.1    May 29^th 1995

Viljandi    31.1    30.9    May 31^st 1995

Võru    31.0    30.8    May 18^th 2013

Source: Weather Service (EMHI)