The maximum air temperature in Kyrgyzstan’s capital reached +43.5°C, which is 10.1 degrees above the climatic norm.

Earlier, on July 17 and 18, daily temperature records were also broken, with temperatures reaching +41.6°C (7.7 degrees above the norm) and +43.2°C (9.6 degrees above the norm), respectively.

The hottest July on record was in 2019, when the average monthly temperature reached +28.7°C, compared with the normal average of +25.5°C.

The Kyrgyz Hydrometeorological Service forecasts short-term rains and a drop in air temperatures starting from July 21.