Thermodynamic temperature

Turkey is experiencing the warmest May due to hot weather front from North Africa, causing rising temperatures across the country, according to state meteorology officials.
After the weekend during which the temperatures set all-time record highs for May in Antalya, Muğla, Burdur and Isparta, temperatures hit 40 degrees Celsius on May 18 in most cities.

A temperature record was registered in Varna - 29 degrees were measured at 12 o'clock. This was announced by NIMH in the sea capital, quoted by BNR.

The previous temperature record was in 1938, when 27.6 degrees were measured on the same date. 

The National Weather Administration (ANM) issued on Thursday a heat wave and thermal discomfort warning to be in place nationwide in Romania throughout Sunday afternoon.

A code yellow warning for low temperatures is in place for the whole country, according to the website of the National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology. Day temperatures will remain below zero degrees C.

A woman and a young boy try to cool down at the fountain in the capital's central Syntagma Square Saturday as temperatures soared. The heat, which intensified over the weekend, is forecast to hit 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) Monday in parts of the country, marking the first proper heat wave of the summer. Temperatures are expected to inch down starting Tuesday. [ANA-MPA]

Public school teachers are calling on the government to move forward with the installation of air condition units in classrooms, with the government raising health concerns while looking into the possibility.

A maximum of 34.2 degrees in the shade was measured in the late afternoon in Rousse, which is a record for that date, the hydrometeorological station in the Danube city reported.

Record low temperatures were measured in Northeast China, TASS reported, citing the National Meteorological Service. Heilongjiang's thermometers showed 44.5 degrees below zero Celsius tonight - a negative record for this winter.

Extremely cold weather does not prevent pupils in the Russian region from going to school, Moscow Times reports, quoted by news.bg

Omyakon, a village in the Republic of Yakutia, is known as the Cold Pole, as it is one of the most cold places on Earth, which has permanent residents.

Locals in Turkey have been stuggling under soaring temperatures amid a heatwave from North Africa over the past couple of days, with Istanbul breaking its 106-year high temperature record.