01.05.2023 Weather results of wet April in the capital
According to the observations of the meteorological station of the Borys Sreznevsky Central Geophysical Observatory, the average monthly air temperature in Kyiv in April was 9.6°C, which is 0.4°C below the climate norm.
The coldest day was April 4, when the minimum temperature dropped to 1.1°C in the morning, and the warmest was April 24, when the maximum temperature rose to +20.1°C.
Precipitation on Nauky Avenue amounted to 102 mm, or 243% of the climatic norm. This year's April ranked seventh in the ranking of the wettest in Kyiv since 1891.
According to observations at the stationary posts of the Borys Sreznevsky Central Geophysical Observatory, from May 1 to May 6, 2023, the average daily maximum permissible concentrations were exceeded in the air of Kyiv
- sulfur dioxide - by 1.4-2.1 times on Demiivska, Bessarabska and Halytska squares, Obolonskyi and Beresteyskyi avenues, Lesia Ukrainky boulevard, in the Hydropark area, Academician Strazhesko, Hetman Pavlo Polubotka, Inzhenera Borodina, Kaunaska and Semen Skliarenko streets, except for 37 Nauky Avenue (near the weather site of the Observatory), where no exceedances were observed;
- nitrogen dioxide - by 5.4-4.7 times on May 3-4 on Skliarenka Street and Bessarabska Square; by 1.8-4.4 times on Demiivska and Halytska Squares, Obolonskyi, Nauky and Beresteyskyi Avenues, Lesia Ukrainky Boulevard, in the area of Hydropark, Akademika Strazheskoho, Hetman Pavlo Polubotka, Inzhenera Borodina and Kaunaska Streets;
- formaldehyde - by 1.6-2.2 times on Demiivska, Bessarabska and Halytska squares, Obolonskyi and Beresteyskyi avenues, Lesia Ukrainky boulevard, in the Hydropark area, Akademika Strazheskoho, Hetman Pavlo Polubotka, Kaunaska and Skliarenka streets.
A total of 1536 atmospheric air samples were collected and analyzed at 15 stationary posts of the Observatory from May 1 to May 6, 2023.
Compared to the previous week, the level of nitrogen dioxide, formaldehyde and sulfur dioxide pollution has increased. The content of other substances remained almost unchanged.
The year started with temperature records in the capital
According to the weather station of the Borys Sreznevsky Central Geophysical Observatory, on January 1, for the first time in 143 years of observations, the average daily air temperature in Kyiv was +10.3°C, which is 4.4°C higher than the record temperature for this day in 2021. The climate norm was exceeded by 13.8°C, which corresponds to the weather in mid-April.
The maximum temperature in the capital rose to +13.2°C, exceeding the previous record for this day in 2021 by 4.7°C. The previous absolute maximum temperature in January was recorded on January 11, 1991.
The minimum temperature in Kyiv did not drop below 5.5°C. The previous record was set in 2021 and was 4.4°C.
Temperature records of the capital
06.04.2023 Record daily rainfall in Kyiv
According to the observations of the meteorological station of the Borys Sreznevsky Central Geophysical Observatory, on April 5, a record amount of precipitation was recorded in the capital - 20.6 mm, which is 3.4 mm more than the previous record of 1933, when 17.2 mm of precipitation fell.
