YEREVAN. – The number of non-comfort and hazardous days in Armenia has increased from 60 to 334, over the course of the past 25 years, according to EcoLur NGO of the country.

In 2015, the average annual temperature in Armenia was 1.50 degrees Celsius above the norm, and the amount of precipitation was 29mm above the norm.

The Director of “Armenian State Hydrometeorological and Monitoring Service” State Non-Commercial Organization, Levon Vardanyan, stated the aforesaid during a ceremony devoted to World Meteorological Day.

Vardanyan added that three cases of record value heat waves were registered in capital city Yerevan in July and August of the year past, with each heat wave lasting between eight to ten days.

He stated that 2015 is considered a record-breaking year in terms of average global temperature, and it was the hottest year also with respect to ocean surface temperature.