'It will get worse': World’s second-coldest capital faces record heat
- Summer in Astana is only halfway through, yet residents of the Kazakh capital have already endured two record-breaking heatwaves.
- On 14 July, temperatures soared to 39.5°C, breaking the previous record for the date of 35.3°C, set 34 years ago.
- Just three weeks earlier, on 23 June, the city also set a new record of 36.8°C, surpassing the 36.4°C recorded in 1941.
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- Summer in Astana is only halfway through, yet residents of the Kazakh capital have already endured two record-breaking heatwaves.
- On 14 July, temperatures soared to 39.5°C, breaking the previous record for the date of 35.3°C, set 34 years ago.
- Just three weeks earlier, on 23 June, the city also set a new record of 36.8°C, surpassing the 36.4°C recorded in 1941.
Sources: Euronews