Snow began falling throughout Croatia in the night between Thursday and Friday, causing delays in bus and rail transport services. The southernmost coastal city of Dubrovnik reported a snow blanket of a few centimetres in the morning.
The thickest snow blanket, 74 centimetres, was reported at Zavizan, a peak of the Velebit mountain range, on Friday morning. The western and central areas of Gorski Kotar and Lika were covered by snow, too.
Several centimetres of snow remained in the coastal cities of Split and Sibenik, which were the hardest hit by snowfall this past weekend.
On Friday morning, the mercury fell to the lowest points in eastern Croatia. The city of Slavonski Brod reported minus 21 Celsius this morning after a record low -26 degrees on Thursday morning. The biggest eastern city of Osijek reported 18 degree Celsius below zero.
The national weather service has forecast scattered snow in continental Croatia over this weekend and snow and rain as well as gale-strong winds along the coast.
Life in southern Croatia, hit the worst by snow blizzards and gales in the recent days, is returning to normal.
On Friday morning, Zagreb Airport said that snow had not disrupted air traffic.
Navigation on inland waterways was impossible due to frozen rivers.
