With an average temperature of 9.0 degrees, the temperature average was below the normal value for the time of year (10.4 degrees). With 18.4 degrees on April 30, the second lowest maximum temperature was also measured for an April month of the current reference period (from 1991). Only in 1997 was it even lower at 18.2 degrees. For the first time since 2016, not a single spring day was recorded. April normally has 4.7.
In April, the 66.3 millimeters of precipitation fell in nineteen days compared to the average of 47.7 millimeters in 13.1 days. On April 1, the most precipitation fell with a daily total of 13.8 millimeters. However, there were only 5 thunderstorm days compared to the average of 8.1. On April 21, a lightning strike of 343 kiloampere was recorded in Middelkerke. Such a powerful discharge is not common in our country.
With a total sunshine duration of 149 hours and 2 minutes, April was also a lot gloomier than the average. Normally, the sun shines for 171 hours and 16 minutes in the fourth month of the year.