February hotter compared to the long term average

According to statistical indicators in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the monthly mean temperature in February should be higher than the long term average - said the agency Fena climatologist Federal Hydrometeorological Institute of Bosnia and Herzegovina Dženan Zulum. Warmer period compared to the average, expected, he said, only in the third decade of the month, and the first and second decade should be within the limits of long-term averages. The expected amount of precipitation should be below long-term averages. -In Mostar in February the average temperature was 6.6 degrees Celsius, while rainfall 151 liter per square meter. As far as Sarajevo average temperature in February is 1.5 degrees Celsius, while the average sum of precipitation is 71 liters per square meter - added Zulum. During the January monthly mean temperature was well above long-term averages for this time of year. Zulum states that temperature variations according to preliminary data ranged from 3.4 to 6.3 degrees which indicates that January one of the warmest January since there are no official measurement in BiH. first-and second decade were much warmer than average, while the third was slightly warmer than average - explains Zulum. Maximum temperatures were recorded during January 18th and 19 January, and the absolute minimum temperature in BiH registered to the 26th and 27 January. sum-total rainfall during January of 2014.year were in northeast BiH below average in the south were slightly above long-term averages. Western, eastern and central part of the state had an average amount of precipitation. Snow cover is retained in the lower parts of some six to seven days. The maximum height of the snow cover is measured in Bihac than 34 cm - said Zulum.