According to forecasters of the Lithuanian Hydrometeorological Service, the weather will be contrasting this week. A colder air mass should reach Lithuania already in the next day, precipitation is also coming, snowflakes and drizzle can be expected.
On Wednesday, there will be intermittent precipitation in many places, the temperature at night will be only 0-5 degrees Celsius, and during the day 2-7 degrees Celsius. On Thursday, there will also be light rain in many places, and the temperature will reach between 4 and 9 degrees Celsius during the day.
The rainy weather is expected to continue through Saturday. However, the weather will improve over the weekend and the summer warmth will be pleasant again. On Saturday, it should be between 9 and 14 degrees Celsius, and on Sunday it is likely that the weather will reach more than 20 degrees Celsius.
April is expected to be warmer than usual
Climatologist Viktorija Mačiulytė says that, according to the data of the European Center for Medium-Term Forecasts, next April should be warmer than usual for this period of the year in Lithuania.
“Temperatures up to 2 degrees higher than the standard climate norm are predicted. Well, the amount of precipitation should be slightly higher, so we expect a warm April,” says the climatologist.
True, the woman mentions that these forecasts are more experimental, so they should be viewed with caution.
The average April temperature in Lithuania is 7.2 degrees Celsius.
March of this year was the absolute heat record holder. Here, for example, in Druskininkai on March 31. warmed up to +25.5 degrees. The previous record for March 31st was recorded exactly 14 years ago (2010-03-31) in Lazdijai, when it warmed up to +19.8 °C (that is, even 5.7 degrees less than today). At the same time, even 3.1 degrees was improved, which did not last a day on Saturday, recorded in March. the highest air temperature record (+22.4 °C, Druskininkai, 30/03/2024).
Forecasters say that this happened due to the arrival of a warm air mass from North Africa, which also reached Lithuania. And although this is not a very special phenomenon, it is not very typical for the month of March.
V. Mačiulytė comments that such strong warming is the result of climate change. And because of it, various heat records are being achieved more and more often.
“Although such weather is not very exceptional, climate change is increasing the frequency of those various records. And that temperature bar is being pushed up little by little, and in relation to low temperature, it is not happening. We don’t set any records for low temperatures, and usually all kinds of extremes occur in relation to the maximum temperature,” says the climatologist.
