The global overview
April was warmer than average in northwestern, central and southern Africa, in central Asia around the Caspian Sea, and in southeastern Asia and Japan. Northern Canada, the northeastern United States, Argentina, Chile, and most of Antarctica were also warmer than the 1991-2020 average.
April temperatures were below the 1991-2020 average in Alaska, Mongolia, central Canada, the Arabian Peninsula, India, southeastern South America, and most of Australia. Alaska locally recorded its coldest April on record. Mongolia experienced a cold April following a bitterly cold winter.
Bar graph of global monthly temperature
Fig. 2: Global monthly temperature from January 1979 to April 2022, shown as deviation from the 1991−2020 average. The black bars indicate the April months. Source: Copernicus.
The air temperature over the oceans
Above-average air temperatures were recorded over most of the ocean surface. Notable were the above-average warm conditions in the Weddell Sea (Antarctica), the northern Pacific and the equatorial eastern Pacific. In contrast, the April temperature over a large part of the Arctic Ocean remained below the 1991-2020 average.
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April 2023 in Europe
April 2023 brought great temperature contrasts in Europe. In southwestern Europe, the temperature was well above the 1991-2020 average. Spain and Portugal recorded record temperatures for April. The extreme heat extended as far as Morocco, which also reported a record-warm April. On April 27, a temperature of 38.8 °C was measured in Córdoba, Spain.
Above-average temperatures were also recorded in northern Scandinavia and western Russia. In contrast, April temperatures remained below the 1991–2020 average in a broad band from the UK to southeastern Europe. Averaged across Europe, April was 0.23 °C above the 1991–2020 average.
Europe map showing April temperatures
Fig. 3: Spatial distribution of April 2023 struggling to sales in japan temperature in Europe as a deviation from the 1991‒2020 average in °C. Source: Copernicus.
The
Copernicus Communication
as of April 2023 is available in English.
April in Switzerland
April was persistently cool across Switzerland. In the adb directory middle of the month, there was plenty of snow in the Eastern Alps and later in the Southern Alps. The changeable weather brought above-average rainfall across the board and left little room for the spring sun in most areas.