What Weather Will We Have for the Parade and Laser Show on Latvia's Birthday

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On Tuesday, the air will warm up to 0...+5 degrees, and in most areas, precipitation is expected at times — rain, wet snow, and in the east, snow, predict meteorologists from the Latvian Environment, Geology and Meteorology Centre (LEGMC), LETA reports.

However, at times the sky will clear up, meteorologists predict.

There will be a weak west and southwest wind, with gusts reaching 14 meters per second along the coast in the first half of the day.

In Riga, the sun will peek out from behind the clouds at times. Rain and wet snow are expected in some areas. A weak west wind will blow, and the maximum air temperature will be +3...+4 degrees.

According to meteorologists, on the day of the proclamation of the Latvian Republic, November 18, 1918, Riga experienced typical late autumn weather. The average daily air temperature was +2.2 degrees, during the day the air warmed up to +5 degrees, and at night the temperature did not drop below +0.9 degrees. There was no precipitation that day.

Meteorologists note that in different years, the celebration has been accompanied by both autumn warmth and winter cold with snow. The warmest November 18 was in 2020, when the average daily air temperature across the country was +9 degrees. At that time, new records for maximum daily air temperature were recorded at almost all weather stations, and in Bauska, a record for November 18 was set at +12.2 degrees.

The coldest November 18 was in 1998, when the average air temperature in Latvia was -10.6 degrees, and the record for the lowest temperature of the day belongs to 1965, when -18.1 degrees was recorded in Mersrags.

Although almost every year there are regions in the country where November 18 is dry, since 1945, this day has been precipitation-free across Latvia only six times, and on another seven occasions, rain fell only in some areas, with the average amount of precipitation across the country not exceeding 0.1 millimeters. The rainiest November 18 was in 1991, with an average daily precipitation of 15.8 mm in Latvia, and 29.3 mm in Sili.

Since 1946, the thickest snow cover in Latvia on November 18 was recorded in 1992 in Rezekne — 27 centimeters.

Since 1966, in five instances, wind gusts on November 18 in some region of Latvia reached storm strength, that is, at least 20.8 m/s, with gusts reaching strong storm strength, that is, at least 24.5 m/s, twice — in 1967 and 1978. The strongest gusts of 28 m/s were recorded in 1978 in Priekuli.