"The weather is abnormally hot in Azerbaijan in December," Director of the National Department of Hydrometeorology of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural ResourcesUmayra Tagiyeva said at a briefing.
According to her, the recorded temperature is most typical of the end of October and beginning of November: "The average air temperature was 3-4 degrees above normal. On December 24, the highest temperature was 15.4 degrees, which is 6.2 degrees above the climate norm. "
She said 22.5 C was recorded on December 18, 2003, a record high for the past 20 years.
"In comparison with the perennial norm, the amount of precipitation was lower. In most regions, the amount was only 6-54% of the monthly norm. Only in the Absheron peninsula, the precipitation amount was close to the climatic norm (76-115%)."