Published 01.04.2024 According to climatic data, April is the time of the decisive onset of spring throughout Kazakhstan. In April, the day lengthens rapidly, and the sun rises higher and higher above the horizon. There is a further accumulation of heat.
In April, the average monthly air temperature is expected to be 1-2° above normal throughout Kazakhstan.
Precipitation in April is expected to be higher than normal in most of the territory of the republic, about normal in the Ulytau, Karaganda, Pavlodar regions, in most of North Kazakhstan, Akmola, Zhambyl, Almaty, Zhetisu and Abai regions, in the northeast of Kyzylorda, Turkestan and in the northwest of East Kazakhstan regions.
During the month, with the influence of cyclones from the south of the Caspian Sea and from the European territory of Russia, unstable weather patterns will prevail. Winds of 15-20 m/s are expected to increase, on some days with gusts up to 23-28 m/s (in the west and south with dust storms), thunderstorms and hail are likely in the republic.
Precipitation is expected in most parts of Kazakhstan at the beginning and in the second half of the first decade of April: at night in the form of rain and snow, in the afternoon in the form of rain. On April 3, 10, heavy precipitation is forecast in the Abai region and East Kazakhstan region, at the end of the decade - on April 08-09 in the center and in the southeast (Ulytau region, Karaganda, Zhambyl region), on April 09 - in Turkestan, Almaty regions and Zhetysu region. Fog is expected in the republic, ice is expected in the north, east, and center of the country. Precipitation is expected to stop at the beginning of the decade in the west of the country, in the middle of the decade in most of the republic.
In the first days of the decade, a decrease in air temperature is expected in most of the republic: in the north-west, north, east, in the center of the country at night to -2-7°C, in the afternoon +3+8°C, then from April 4 a gradual increase is predicted at night to 0+5°C, in the afternoon to +12+20C. At the end of the decade, the temperature background will drop again at night to -2-7 °C, during the day to +5+12 C.
In the south and south-east of the country, in the first days of April, the air temperature will drop at night to -5+3°C, in the afternoon to +5+15°C, then an increase is predicted at night to +3+10°C, in the afternoon to +13+23C. At the end of the decade, the temperature drop will again cool slightly at night to -3+5 °C, during the day to +7+15 C.
in the west of Kazakhstan, the main background air temperature will be +2+9°C at night, +13+20°C during the day.
In the second and third decades of April, with the removal of warm air masses from the regions of Iran and Central Asia, the temperature background will increase:
in the north, in the center and in the east of the country at night up to +2+10 ° C, in the daytime up to +15+25 ° C;
in the southern regions and in the west of the Republic of Kazakhstan, at night up to +7+13 °C, during the day up to +17+27 ° C.
However, cold weather returns are not excluded. With the influx of cold air masses from the territory of Russia in the northern, central and eastern regions of the republic, the thermometer columns can drop to -2-7 °C at night, to +6+11 °C in the daytime, to -2+7°C at night in the southern regions and in the west of the country, to +10+18°C.
Note: the forecast for the month should be used as an advisory, which is subsequently adjusted as the synoptic situation changes and is clarified by weather forecasts for the decade.