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01.05.2018

Climate characteristic of April 2018

 
In April, the average air temperature in the country was 10.5 ° C, which is 3.2 ° C above the climatic norm. This high mean monthly air temperature in April was noted for the second time after the abnormally warm April 2000 with a temperature of 10.9 ° C. The greatest positive temperature deviations from the climatic norm were noted in the Brest region (on the average in the region + 4.3 ° C), the smallest in the Mogilev region (on the average in the region + 2.3 ° C).
The deviation of the average air temperature in April from the climatic norm across the territory of Belarus
All three decades of the month were warm. Daytime temperatures in most days of the month exceeded the 15-degree mark, and on the warmest day during the day the air temperature rose to +22 + 28 ° С. The maximum air temperature was registered at the marsh station Polesskaya on April 29 and was + 28.4 ° C.  
The average air temperature and the climatic norm for the decades of April 2018 on the territory of Belarus
The nights in the first half of the month were mostly cool, and the night temperatures dropped to negative values, and frosts were noted in the air and on the soil surface. The lowest temperature in April (-3.7 ° C) was recorded at the weather point Ezerische on 13 April. In April, the average for Belarus fell 31 mm of precipitation, which was 82% of the climatic norm. The Grodno region turned out to be the most humidified, with an average of 47 mm of precipitation in the region (123% of the climatic norm). In most of the country there was a shortage of rainfall. The least amount of precipitation was recorded in the Gomel region, an average of 18 mm (45% of the climatic norm). The maximum daily precipitation (32 mm) was recorded at the Maryina Gorka meteorological station on April 26. Precipitation fell in the form of rain, but at the beginning of the month wet snow was noted in places. The snow cover completely collapsed in the first five days of the month.  
The amount of precipitation for April 2018 and the climatic norm by regions and by territory of Belarus 
On some days of the month, at night and in the morning, weak fogs were observed in places, thunderstorms, hail, at the beginning of the month, ice-cold phenomena, on the roads of the icy surface were noted. Within 1-6 days, the wind intensified gusts to 15-27 m / s. The maximum wind speed (27 m / s) was recorded at the Slavgorod meteorological station on April 21. The duration of sunshine was from 202 hours in Verkhnedvinsk to 248 hours in Volkovysk at a rate of 169-185 hours.
 

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