This spring has turn into the warmest in your entire historical past of observations – since 1924. It exceeded the earlier file, set in 2014, by 0.8 levels.
All the spring months this yr have been hotter than regular, with March being the third warmest March and Could being the second warmest. March and Could have been about three levels hotter than regular, and the common April temperature was one diploma above regular.
The air temperature remained above regular for nearly your entire month of March, reaching new warmth information and setting a brand new Latvian March file on the final day of the month – the thermometer rose to +22.8 levels on the Skulte statement station.
The warmth primarily endured within the first half of April; the nationwide file for the primary ten days of the month was damaged a number of instances. On April 9, final yr’s file of +25 levels was damaged eight days earlier. On April 10, the air temperature in Latvia rose to +27 levels, instantly breaking the file for that date by eight levels.
Within the second half of April, the air temperature was under regular for nearly two weeks; on the very finish of the month and firstly of Could it elevated, however within the first and second ten days of Could it grew to become colder once more and solely chilly spring information have been achieved. On Could 9, the file for minimal air temperature for the month was additionally damaged in Dagda and Rezekne.
Meteorological summer season started in mid-Could; on the finish of the month the temperature rose to +30 levels for the primary time this yr.
In whole, 140 most air temperature information have been damaged within the spring, in addition to 5 chilly information.
Precipitation within the nation was near regular on common, however assorted from area to area. On the Jelgava statement station, solely 73.5 millimeters of precipitation fell in three months, or 60% of the norm, whereas the biggest quantity of rain and snow was recorded in Daugavpils, the place it reached 206 millimeters, or 156% of the norm.
March was typically dry, April was the fifth wettest on file, and Could noticed a return to drier climate.
On April 22-24, there was snow cowl within the western and central elements of the nation; in locations in Kurzeme its thickness reached 12 centimeters.
The common wind pace in spring was regular. For seven days, the wind pace in gusts in some locations exceeded 20 meters per second, the strongest gusts have been recorded on April 15 in Dobele – 24.6 meters per second.
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2024-06-27 10:01:00