Gagik Surenyan, Deputy Director of the Hydrometeorology and Monitoring Center of the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources of Armenia, wrote on his social media page:
“Historical review:
The highest temperature ever observed in Armenia was observed in Meghri on July 31, 2011, at +43.7 degrees, and in Yerevan on July 12, 2018, at +42.4 degrees.”