April 2023 in #Australia (https://nitter.moomoo.me/search?q=%23Australia) had a temperature anomaly of +0.01C above the 1961-1990 norm (about -0.6C va 1991-2020): colder in Western Australia,hot in Northern Queensland.
Rainfall was 35.7% above average,wettest April in 17 years. Specially wet in the West.
Maps by BOM
https://nitter.moomoo.me/extremetemps/status/1653293248671281152#m
Today 1 May the heat moved East and it's an exceptionally hot day in Montana and Alberta,thanks to chinook winds.
Missoula,MT rose to 90F/32C, its earliest 90F in the last 113 years (only in 1910 it recorded an earlier one).
84F/29C at Edmonton,Canada.
Next 3 days will be similar
https://nitter.moomoo.me/extremetemps/status/1653175966980603910#m
Europe with persistent contrasts
Spain is gonna have another load of heat with up to 37C,France might reach 32/33C on Wednesday.
More East,low temperatures are persisting:
Only on 30 April Venice ,Italy and today 1 May Alexandroupoli,Greece recorded their first 20C on 2023.
https://nitter.moomoo.me/extremetemps/status/1653127116366422043#m
Historic Record Heat in Southern Africa
-Mauritius: 33.8C at Agalega Island,hottest May day in Mauritius history
-South Africa:34.8C at Upington,new station monthly record high
-Namibia:38.3C at Khorixas
And there is no end in sight to this unseasonal warmth.
https://nitter.moomoo.me/extremetemps/status/1653104505972506625#m
Exceptional contrasts in Asia
Today record heat in Russia with 30C recorded north of 57N latitude (!) including Samara and Kazan
In India record low daytime temps:
Dehradun 19.9C (lat 30N,elev. 640m asl)
Mukteshwar 10.1C (2100m asl)
May record low Tmin at Dharamshala with 8.4C
https://nitter.moomoo.me/extremetemps/status/1653060906203459585#m
2 monthly records fell in Canadian British Columbia:
28.2C Kelowna (merging all stations )
25.7C Sparwood (1137m)
In total in April Canada broken records of highest temperatures for 1 station in Ontario,2 in Nunavut and 2 in British Columbia.
nitter.moomoo.me/ThierryGooseBC/status/1652858251170709505#m (https://nitter.moomoo.me/ThierryGooseBC/status/1652858251170709505#m)
https://nitter.moomoo.me/extremetemps/status/1653044625777520642#m
Yesterday 30 April the Dutch Caribbean municipality of #Saba (https://nitter.moomoo.me/search?q=%23Saba) had its hottest April day on records with 32.2C.
This temperature even exceeds its record of May (32.1C).
https://nitter.moomoo.me/extremetemps/status/1653021262027825153#m
April 2023 in #Germany (https://nitter.moomoo.me/search?q=%23Germany) had a temperature anomaly of 1.37C below the 1991-2020 normal.
Only a couple of northern stations were above average. (left map)
Precipitations were 147.1% of average (right map).
Maps are courtesy of Bernd Hussing.
https://nitter.moomoo.me/extremetemps/status/1652999177658302464#m
April 2023 in #Austria (https://nitter.moomoo.me/search?q=%23Austria) was cold:
Temperature anomaly was 2.0C below the 1991-2020 average.(left map)
In terms of precipitations,it was 88% above normal:it was specially wet in the Northeast (right map).
Maps by ZAMG.
https://nitter.moomoo.me/extremetemps/status/1652978637195337730#m
April 2023 in #Switzerland (https://nitter.moomoo.me/search?q=%23Switzerland) had a temperature anomaly of 1.2C below the 1991-2020 norm.
Only Lugano was above:+0.1C
Precipitations were +21% above average with Ticino being dry.
Maps by Meteonews.
https://nitter.moomoo.me/extremetemps/status/1652961063090921473#m
Antarctica:
The preliminary monthly average for April at South Pole Station was -54.4C which is +3.0C above 1991-2020 baseline.
And in Vostok was -62.2C which is +2.6C above the 1958-2022 reference.
nitter.moomoo.me/pinturicchio\_60/status/1652666244007444482#m (https://nitter.moomoo.me/pinturicchio_60/status/1652666244007444482#m)
https://nitter.moomoo.me/extremetemps/status/1652945960648187905#m
**Response to @extremetemps:**
98F/36.7C at Las Vegas,Nevada today, which is 1F shy of its hottest April day on records.
https://nitter.moomoo.me/extremetemps/status/1652845729482780672#m
April record day on 29 April in Kelowna , British Columbia. The station of Kelowna Ubco with 28.3C/83F recorded the April highest temperature in any 13 stations existed in Kelowna since 1899.
Exceptionally hot today 30 April in the US State of Idaho with up to 94F/34.4C at Fenn
https://nitter.moomoo.me/extremetemps/status/1652816426103603200#m
April 2023 World Extreme Temperatures
Northern Hemisphere Highest:47.1C Matam (Senegal) 26 April
NH Lowest:-50.9C Summit (Greenland) 6 April
SH Highest:40.4C Vioolsdrif (South Africa) 4 April
SH Lowest:-72.0C Concordia (Antarctica) 21 April
https://nitter.moomoo.me/extremetemps/status/1652784148451405825#m
Brutal heat in Sub Saharan Africa with temperatures up t 46/47C these days.
Today the highest was 46.4C at Podor in Senegal.
Hottest April day on records at Akjoujt in Mauritania with 45.3C.
This station had already beaten its record for March.
https://nitter.moomoo.me/extremetemps/status/1652748443113103360#m
April ends with another extraordinary record event in Central Asia:
Insane temperature of 36.5C at Isatai in Northern Kazakhstan at 47N latitude today
In Russia 33.0C at Alexander Gaj North of 50N.
The most important monthly records also include:
33.8 Taipak
33.7 Novyj Uhstogan
https://nitter.moomoo.me/extremetemps/status/1652706892831944707#m
An atmosphric river with warm and humid air is reaching New Zealand. We can expect heavy rains and local floods and record high temperatures at night. 14c to 19c minimum temperatures in North Island and parts of the South mean records for May.
nitter.moomoo.me/NiwaWeather/status/1652479310022987778#m (https://nitter.moomoo.me/NiwaWeather/status/1652479310022987778#m)
https://nitter.moomoo.me/extremetemps/status/1652658929296457734#m
While Antarctic Sea Ice Extent is still near record lows,the
Arctic sea ice extent is currently the 13th lowest on record and it's 20K km² above the 2010s mean.
Nevertheless, it's below the averages of the 1980s,1990s and 2000s
Details below:
nitter.moomoo.me/ZLabe/status/1651934059222773761#m (https://nitter.moomoo.me/ZLabe/status/1651934059222773761#m)
https://nitter.moomoo.me/extremetemps/status/1652636217459060736#m
#Qatar (https://nitter.moomoo.me/search?q=%23Qatar) is hardly ever colder than average but April 2023 was a stark exception:
It was the coldest April of the new millennium with an anomaly of about -2C vs 1991-2020.
More North, Bahrain ends below of just few decimals.
https://nitter.moomoo.me/extremetemps/status/1652614263922458624#m
Unbelievable heat in #Argentina (https://nitter.moomoo.me/search?q=%23Argentina), in its last part of autumn with temperatures up to 39.0C yesterday at Jachal,beating an April record heat at the end of the month.
Never ending record heat in #Argentina (https://nitter.moomoo.me/search?q=%23Argentina) since November 2022 with records by hundreds throughout all these 6 months.
nitter.moomoo.me/ofimet/status/1652487399644057601#m (https://nitter.moomoo.me/ofimet/status/1652487399644057601#m)
https://nitter.moomoo.me/extremetemps/status/1652593446610165760#m