{"id":191116,"date":"2026-06-09T15:26:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T12:26:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/191116\/"},"modified":"2026-06-09T15:26:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T12:26:12","slug":"belarus-records-spring-2026-at-1-5-c-above-normal","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/191116\/","title":{"rendered":"Belarus records spring 2026 at 1.5 C above normal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>June 9, <\/strong><em><strong>Pozirk.<\/strong> <\/em>This spring was 1.5 degrees Celsius warmer than usual, with an average temperature of 8.8 C above zero, Volha Bak\u0142anava of the climate change research unit at the Bie\u0142hidramiet has told journalists in Minsk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Such warm springs occur roughly once every 18 years, she added. The warmest spring was in 1921, when the average temperature reached 10.3 C.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>March was the warmest and driest on record since 1945, with average temperatures reaching 5.8 C, compared with the norm of 0.8 C, while heat waves lasted from five to 28 days across different regions of the country. Similar conditions were observed in 2007 and 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Spring&#8217;s highest temperature was recorded on May 21 at 31 C in \u017d\u0142obin and Sla\u016dharad in the Homiel and Mahilo\u016d regions, respectively. The season&#8217;s coldest night came on March 8 in Kli\u010da\u016d, Mahilo\u016d region, where temperatures dropped to -9.2 C.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/chernobyl_pozhar-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/chernobyl_pozhar-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/chernobyl_pozhar-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/chernobyl_pozhar-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/chernobyl_pozhar-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/chernobyl_pozhar.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Society<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Society<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Officials: Chernobyl wildfires pose no immediate threat to Belarus<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">May 8, Pozirk. 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