Seoul breaks mid-April heat record. The official thermometer in central Seoul reached 29.4 degrees Celsius at 1:41 p.m. to mark the highest reading ever recorded for mid-April since modern observations began in 1907

An unseasonal heat wave swept across South Korea with daytime temperatures reaching summer-like levels and rewriting hottest mid-April records in some parts of the country on Sunday.

According to the Korea Meteorological Administration, the official thermometer in central Seoul reached 29.4 degrees Celsius at 1:41 p.m. to mark the highest reading ever recorded for mid-April since modern observations began in 1907. The figure was the third-highest temperature ever reported over the entire month of April in the capital.

The unusual heat brought record temperatures to Dongducheon and Paju in Gyeonggi Province, with a high of 30.8 degrees Celsius and 28.8 degrees Celsius, respectively. Hongseong, South Chungcheong Province, saw a high of 28.9 degrees Celsius and the temperatures peaked at 25 degrees Celsius in Tongyeong, South Gyeongsang Province.