Meteorologists places 2015 as second hottest year in Austrian recorded history

2015 has been the second hottest year in Austria since temperatures were first recorded in 1768, the Central Institute for Meteorology and Geodynamics (ZAMG) stated on Tuesday.

ZAMG climatologist Alexander Orlik said the year was marked by steady warm, dry, and sunny weather rather than extremes such as flooding or thunderstorms.

The result will push the average daily temperature for the year to about 1.5 degrees Celsius higher than those recorded between 1981 and 2010.

Only 2014 remains hotter overall, the temperatures that year were 1.7 degrees above the long-term average.

Orlik said ten months of the year saw temperatures above the long-term average, and the months of June, July, August, November, and December were also amongst the ten warmest in recorded history.

The year was also the fifth-sunniest on record, and saw a large number of extremely hot days of over 35 degrees was recorded, with 18 such days in the national capital of Vienna.

Alpine regions also recorded temperatures of 1.3 degrees over the long-term average and saw only 27 frosty days, 16 days below the long-term average and the second-lowest ever after the 18 days of frost recorded in 2003. Endit