A new national early morning temperature record of 22.1 degrees Celsius was set at Tatabánya Dózsakert, just 0.3 C above the previous 21.8 C record held by Orosháza since 1946.

Budapest also saw an unusually mild morning, with 20.9 C recorded on Janos Hill, breaking the capital’s dawn record of 19.2 C set in 1982.

By afternoon, summer heat took hold, with temperatures widely exceeding 30 C.

The Újpest station recorded a temperature of 34.8 C, breaking the capital’s daytime record of 34.7 C set in 1928.