The first ten days of April in Latvia turned out to be 4.6 degrees warmer than normal

The average air temperature in Latvia in the first ten days of the month was +8.5 degrees, which is 4.6 degrees higher than the 1991-2020 figure, according to data from the Latvian Center for Environment, Geology and Meteorology, writes LETA. In Ventspils, the beginning of April was only 2.2 degrees warmer than normal, and in … Read more

March in Latvia was three degrees warmer than usual

The average air temperature in the first month of spring in Latvia was +3.4 degrees, which is 3.2 degrees above the March norm, according to data from the Latvian Center for Environment, Geology and Meteorology, writes LETA. Previously, March was so warm in 2014 and 2015, while the record belongs to 2007, when the average … Read more

Heat record broken in Latvia on April 2

The highest air temperature in the country by 16:00 on Tuesday in Daugavpils was +22.3 degrees, which is a new national heat record for April 2, according to data from the Latvian Center for Environment, Geology and Meteorology. The previous highest air temperature recorded in the country on the second day of April was +20.4 … Read more

There are fewer poor people in Latvia within a year

The aggregated data shows that material and social insecurity is still significantly prevalent among residents with the lowest incomes (the first quintile group), but its level in this group in 2023 decreased to 18%, which is less than in 2022. 4.3 percentage points. At the same time, given that when calculating this indicator, a subjective … Read more