Bulgaria: Weather Records and Extremes

22 weather records set or tied in Bulgaria in 2026: 12 highs and 10 lows, with a calendar heatmap, ratio by decade and record map.

Key Facts for Bulgaria

Bulgaria has 4 stations in the data, on Europe.
22 weather records were set or tied in Bulgaria in 2026: 12 record highs and 10 record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
In the 2020s, record highs outnumbered record lows 5.27 to 1 in Bulgaria.
2012 holds the most standing records in Bulgaria: 218.
Vidin set a daily record low minimum temperature of 10.7 C (51.3 F) on 26 July 2026.

Record Highs and Lows in 2026

10 highs, 10 lows

Each square is a day of 2026. Warm squares had more record highs than record lows in Bulgaria, cold squares more lows. The busiest day was 8 February 2026 with 1 highs and 0 lows.

Record highs and lows per day in Bulgaria in 2026
Date	Value
2026-02-08	1 more record highs than lows
2026-02-24	1 more record highs than lows
2026-05-02	1 more record lows than highs
2026-05-14	1 more record lows than highs
2026-05-29	1 more record lows than highs
2026-06-17	1 more record lows than highs
2026-06-28	1 more record highs than lows
2026-07-01	1 more record highs than lows
2026-07-02	1 more record highs than lows
2026-07-20	1 more record highs than lows
2026-07-23	1 more record lows than highs
2026-07-25	1 more record lows than highs
2026-07-26	1 more record lows than highs
2026-07-29	1 more record lows than highs
2026-08-16	1 more record lows than highs
2026-08-23	1 more record highs than lows
2026-08-26	1 more record highs than lows
2026-09-01	1 more record highs than lows
2026-09-12	1 more record highs than lows
2026-10-01	1 more record lows than highs

Records per Year, by Type

1988 to 2026

Records set or tied in Bulgaria each year from 1988 to 2026, stacked by record type. 2026 had 22.

Weather records per year in Bulgaria, stacked by type
Year	Highest daily maximum	Lowest daily maximum	Highest daily minimum	Lowest daily minimum	Heaviest daily rainfall	Total
1988	10	15	0	0	0	25
1989	16	13	0	0	0	29
1990	18	13	19	9	0	59
1991	6	5	1	2	0	14
1992	7	3	4	4	0	18
1993	28	18	1	0	0	47
1994	52	7	3	1	0	63
1995	26	21	2	3	0	52
1997	9	19	1	7	0	36
1998	18	14	6	3	0	41
1999	38	14	14	7	0	73
2000	52	10	13	18	0	93
2001	79	16	13	10	0	118
2002	37	28	15	6	0	86
2003	35	18	7	24	0	84
2004	26	14	16	20	0	76
2005	22	23	11	15	0	71
2006	20	10	12	14	0	56
2007	38	5	27	5	36	111
2008	24	10	16	8	22	80
2009	18	9	14	9	41	91
2010	38	13	32	8	29	120
2011	11	14	8	6	18	57
2012	19	21	27	9	27	103
2013	17	8	25	8	26	84
2014	8	7	21	4	49	89
2015	22	7	12	5	38	84
2016	34	4	27	11	26	102
2017	19	16	13	12	25	85
2018	15	10	16	5	29	75
2019	28	4	9	5	18	64
2020	31	4	19	8	17	79
2021	21	7	15	6	37	86
2022	29	2	14	10	21	76
2023	40	2	30	4	16	92
2024	42	0	31	4	10	87
2025	20	0	12	3	13	48
2026	0	0	10	10	0	20

Warm to Cold Ratio by Decade

Record highs per record low by decade in Bulgaria: 1980s 0.9 to 1, 1990s 1.7 to 1, 2000s 1.8 to 1, 2010s 2.3 to 1, 2020s 5.3 to 1. A ratio above 1 means more record highs than record lows.

Which Years Hold the Most Standing Records

2012: 218

Records still standing in Bulgaria, by the year they were set. 2012 holds the most with 218.

Standing records in Bulgaria by the year they were set
Year set	Standing records
1952	46
1953	18
1954	46
1955	47
1956	56
1957	92
1958	139
1959	30
1960	63
1961	64
1962	68
1963	87
1964	55
1965	77
1966	63
1967	73
1973	117
1974	66
1975	99
1976	116
1977	116
1978	111
1979	145
1980	110
1981	140
1982	83
1983	100
1984	91
1985	125
1986	90
1987	188
1988	130
1989	97
1990	101
1991	100
1992	86
1993	182
1994	127
1995	171
1997	129
1998	119
1999	116
2000	135
2001	150
2002	170
2003	178
2004	132
2005	184
2006	124
2007	163
2008	147
2009	154
2010	180
2011	124
2012	218
2013	122
2014	139
2015	153
2016	153
2017	138
2018	152
2019	110
2020	138
2021	128
2022	128
2023	157
2024	148
2025	112
2026	18

Record Map for 2026

22 stations

The 22 highest significance station records of 2026 in Bulgaria, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records in Bulgaria in 2026: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Vidin	Bulgaria	Record low minimum temperature	10.7 C (51.3 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vidin	Bulgaria	Record low minimum temperature	11.2 C (52.2 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Vidin	Bulgaria	Record high minimum temperature	20.5 C (68.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Vidin	Bulgaria	Record high minimum temperature	20.9 C (69.6 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Vidin	Bulgaria	Record low minimum temperature	2.5 C (36.5 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Vidin	Bulgaria	Record low minimum temperature	10.2 C (50.4 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Vidin	Bulgaria	Record high minimum temperature	18.6 C (65.5 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Vidin	Bulgaria	Record low minimum temperature	12.1 C (53.8 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Vidin	Bulgaria	Record low minimum temperature	11.6 C (52.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Vidin	Bulgaria	Record high minimum temperature	19.9 C (67.8 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Vidin	Bulgaria	Record high minimum temperature	20.1 C (68.2 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Vidin	Bulgaria	Record low minimum temperature	10.3 C (50.5 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Vidin	Bulgaria	Record low minimum temperature	7.0 C (44.6 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Vidin	Bulgaria	Record high minimum temperature	6.4 C (43.5 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Vidin	Bulgaria	Record low minimum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Vidin	Bulgaria	Record high minimum temperature	20.8 C (69.4 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Vidin	Bulgaria	Record high minimum temperature	20.4 C (68.7 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Vidin	Bulgaria	Record low minimum temperature	2.3 C (36.1 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Vidin	Bulgaria	Record high minimum temperature	16.6 C (61.9 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Vidin	Bulgaria	Record high minimum temperature	3.7 C (38.7 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Vidin	Bulgaria	Record high minimum temperature	21.2 C (70.2 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Vidin	Bulgaria	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)

Top Records by Significance

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Top 10 records in Bulgaria by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 July 2026	Vidin, BG	daily low min	10.7 C (51.3 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	20 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
25 July 2026	Vidin, BG	daily low min	11.2 C (52.2 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	20 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
23 August 2026	Vidin, BG	daily high min (Provisional)	20.5 C (68.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	24 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
1 July 2026	Vidin, BG	daily high min	20.9 C (69.6 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	24 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
14 May 2026	Vidin, BG	daily low min	2.5 C (36.5 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	24 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
16 August 2026	Vidin, BG	daily low min (Provisional)	10.2 C (50.4 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	13 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
1 September 2026	Vidin, BG	daily high min (Provisional)	18.6 C (65.5 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	28 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
29 July 2026	Vidin, BG	daily low min	12.1 C (53.8 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	21 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
23 July 2026	Vidin, BG	daily low min	11.6 C (52.9 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	15 years	12 of 100 (Routine)
28 June 2026	Vidin, BG	daily high min	19.9 C (67.8 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	20 years	12 of 100 (Routine)

Bulgaria by Year

Stations

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Stations in Bulgaria
Station	Region	Record from	Years	Thresholds
Sofia	n/a	1952	74 years	Threshold days
Varna	n/a	1952	74 years	Threshold days
Kurdjali	n/a	1957	69 years	Threshold days
Vidin	n/a	1975	52 years	Threshold days

Download the Data

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Sources: Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Made with Natural Earth. Public domain map data. Borders are Natural Earth's de facto depiction. Data as of 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-14. Last revised 14 October 2026 (2026-10-14).

Decade	Highs per low
1980s	0.93 to 1
1990s	1.69 to 1
2000s	1.83 to 1
2010s	2.27 to 1
2020s	5.27 to 1