S. Korea experienced second warmest April on record

SEOUL, Could 6 (Yonhap) — Final month ranked because the second warmest April on document within the nation, the climate company mentioned Friday.

Knowledge compiled by the Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA) confirmed the common temperature final month was 13.8 C, the second highest for April since nationwide record-keeping started in 1973.

It was 1.7 levels above the 30-year common of 12.1 C.

The typical daytime excessive was 20.4 C, the fourth highest ever, and the common in a single day low was 7.5 C, the third highest on document.

The nice and cozy climate got here because the nation was regularly affected by excessive atmospheric stress from China and heat southerly winds, the company mentioned.

Attributable to international warming, the common temperature of April rose 0.6 levels over the 49 years from 1973 to 2021 and 0.3 levels over the previous decade, the KMA mentioned.

In the meantime, nationwide precipitation final month was 60mm, 29.7mm lower than the 30-year common. The variety of wet days was 5.6 days, 2.8 days under the 30-year common and the fifth lowest ever.
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