This is stated on the website of the department.

“On June 17 in St. Petersburg, the air temperature rose to +27.5 ° С, thereby covering the absolute maximum for this day (the previous record was recorded in 1905 and amounted to +27.3 ° С),” the statement said.

It is specified that the final value of the air temperature will be known at 21:00.

The department added that on June 18, with a high probability, it is also expected to update the maximum record for air temperature.

Earlier it was reported that in Moscow the temperature record of 1892 was broken for June 17.