Published 23.05.2024 April of this year is recorded in the history of meteorological observations as one of the warmest in many countries of the Northern Hemisphere, and Kazakhstan is no exception. The average monthly air temperature in most of the country was 1-6° warmer than usual.
During the month, records were set for air temperature: On April 19, the absolute maximum was +30.1°C at the Aktau meteorological station (MS), thereby updating the record of 2014 (+25.0°C), the air warmed up to +26.3°C at MS Kokshetau, the absolute maximum of 2020 was blocked (+24.2°C), the maximum was recorded at MS Kostanay The air temperature is +29.3°C, which was higher than the record of 1982 (+27.2°C), at MS Petropavlovsk the thermometer reached +28.0°C, surpassing the record of 1982 (+25.0°C).
At the beginning of the third decade of April, the high background temperature remained in most of the country, new records appeared in the cities of Kazakhstan. For example, on April 21 in Aktau, +31.5 ° C was noted, thus the record of 1975 was updated (+29.0 °C), in Petropavlovsk the air warmed up to +28.8 ° C, the absolute maximum of 1982 was blocked (+26.9 °C), on April 22 in Atyrau the thermometer rose to the mark +31.2°C, thus the record of 2012 was updated (+29.5°C), in Uralsk the absolute maximum was +28.4°C, thus the record of 1967 was updated (+27.8°C), in Zhezkazgan the maximum air temperature was +27.7°C, thus the record of 2023 was blocked (+26.1 °C), on April 27, Aktau again record-breaking warmed up to +30.7° C, in 1989 it was +27.3°C.
At the end of April, cold weather descended on the eastern part of the country, which was associated with the invasion of the northern anticyclone. At the same time, in the east of the republic, the air temperature dropped at night to -1-10 °C.
In most of Kazakhstan, April as a whole was low-rainfall, with heavy rains observed only on some days. For example, on April 24, heavy rain fell in Aktobe region on MS Novoalekseyevka, 25 mm fell, this is slightly more than the monthly norm (norm 23 mm), on April 25 in Kyzylorda region, almost 2 monthly precipitation norms of 24 mm fell on MS Aral Sea, with a norm of 14 mm.
In Astana, the average monthly air temperature was +9.1°C, which was 2.6° higher than normal, with a norm of +6.5°C. The lowest air temperature was recorded on April 1 and amounted to -2.3°C, the highest air temperature was recorded on April 19 and amounted to +24.7°C.
A monthly precipitation rate of 22 mm fell in Astana (the monthly norm is 22 mm).