For a second April in a row, record breaking cold has attacked Europe with penetrating frosts and snowfall following record warmth in March.
March 2022 temperature anomaly
April’s opening 2 days!
Opening 5 days!
Just 10 days ago, temperatures across the UK, Ireland, N France, Belgium, Netherlands and Germany were widely reaching 17-20C, locally 22C with some foot hill areas of the Alps surpassing 27C!
The initial wave of arctic air swept down over the UK bringing snow and low temperatures. However, this arctic air has deepened it’s penetration of N Spain, France, Low Countries and Germany as warmer Atlantic air get’s pushed across the UK.
Credit: wxcharts.comHere is the 2m temperature anomaly for this morning (April 4)
With a national average minimum of -1.5C, last night saw France observe it’s COLDEST APRIL NIGHT ON RECORD.
Exceptional "ice day" [Tmax < 0°C] for April in #France today at low elevation: the station of Courpiere (455 m, east of Clermont-Ferrand) has had a Tmax of -0.9°C!
This is only the 4th time that France has experienced this at that elevation in April. ?#cold @extremetemps https://t.co/jieKelKTxz— Thierry Goose (@ThierryGooseBC) April 2, 2022
? Historic #cold for April in #France!
-21.5°C Les Pontets [1,008 m] ➡️ national April record at this elevation!
-20.4°C La Chaux [880 m]
-11.1°C Etalans [540 m]*
-9.3°C Mourmelon-le-Grand [115 m]*
*The national April record below 500 m is -10.5°C.See attached monthly records. pic.twitter.com/dn38YAskdF
— Thierry Goose (@ThierryGooseBC) April 4, 2022
In Spain
The morning after France set’s a national average minimum record, multiple sites across northern Spain recorded lows close to -10C!
In Spain among the April cold records beaten on 3 April (see table below courtesy of Aemet), we see the exceptional case of Reus Airport which April previous record of +1.0C was beaten by 3.5C , now -2.5C. (data since 1953). https://t.co/TXEBADB4UF
— Extreme Temperatures Around The World (@extremetemps) April 5, 2022
In Germany
European Cold Spell: More heavy frosts also in Germany with few more long term stations which broke their April records of low temperatures:
-8.8C Memmingen
-8.1C Augsburg
-5.9C Wutöschingen-Ofteringen
-5.6C Emmendingen-MundingenIn Spain April record cold at Segovia with -5.6C pic.twitter.com/FmkCYXsv7p
— Extreme Temperatures Around The World (@extremetemps) April 4, 2022
Minimum temperatures in Germany today 3 April saw some monthly records lows beaten. The most important ones with long POR:
-10.0C Eslohe
-9.0C Burgwald-Bottendorf
-7.8C Genthin
-7.5C KyritzIn Spain new monthly record low at Pamplona with -3.6C pic.twitter.com/QkI6gJaZUF
— Extreme Temperatures Around The World (@extremetemps) April 3, 2022
In Austria
Very cold tonight also in #Austria with heavy frosts after the snowfalls (including in the capital Vienna).
April monthly records were broken at Reichenau with -10.1C (POR since 1972) and at Freistadt (POR 1936-) . https://t.co/4Ogb9mMl82— Extreme Temperatures Around The World (@extremetemps) April 4, 2022
In Switzerland
Also -20.1°C in La Chaux-d'Abel (999 m, #Switzerland).
This could be close to the national April record at this elevation for inhabited places.@meteosuisse @extremetemps pic.twitter.com/3lavUxaoyT— Thierry Goose (@ThierryGooseBC) April 5, 2022
Like last April, vineyards in multiple wine growing regions of France have been on high alert lighting fires in an attempt at avoiding severe frost damage.
While unusually cold across Western Europe, it was unusually warm in the southeast.
Today 2 April is another wintry day for a good part of Europe. After the low daytime temps, we can expect heavy frosts in the next few days. Instead,the heat is exceptional more east:Over 33C in Turkey and Cyprus,31C in Georgia,39C in Israel and Jordan and over 40C in Egypt. pic.twitter.com/M2xtbHU645
— Extreme Temperatures Around The World (@extremetemps) April 2, 2022
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