I. PRECIPITATION CONDITIONS
According to measurements, a critical drought developed in the region in April. The stations fulfilled>10% – 22% of the multi-year normal value (39.0 mm)! Based on your measurements, you could record the driest month of the 2026 spring so far.
1. Monthly totals and deviation from the normal
Malý Lég: 8.5 mm (22% of the normal value, i.e., -30.5 mm huge deficit) 🏆 The wettest point – although it hurts to write down this 8.5 mm.
Lehnice-Sása: 7.0 mm (18% of the normal value, i.e., -32.0 mm deficit)
Janíky : 5.5 mm (14% of the normal value, i.e., -33.5 mm deficit)
Dunajská Streda: 4.0 mm (10% of the normal value, i.e., -35.0 mm deficit)
Blahová: 3.9 mm (10% of the normal value, i.e., -35.1 mm drastic deficit) 🛑 The inner core of Blahová received the least, closing the month almost dust-dry.
2. The month's "micro-events" (Since there was no big rain)
Throughout the whole month, there were>two days when the gauges moved at all. On the remaining 28 days of the month, you registered exactly 0.0 mm.
April 5: The month's first modest sign of life from the sky. At this time, Lehnice-Sása received 1.4 mm, while the others received a symbolic amount between 0.6–1.5 mm.
April 19: This day brought the monthly "peak". From a quickly passing, weak front, Malý Lég benefited the most with its 5.5 mm, at Lehnice - Sása 5.0 mm, while in Janíky 3.0 mm accumulated. In Blahová (2.2 mm) and in Dunajská Streda (3.4 mm) this shower was>
II. TEMPERATURE CONDITIONS (BLAHOVÁ)
The precipitation deficit was driven to extremes by the April sunshine and the early summer-like warmth. Frosts completely disappeared from the landscape, with the gauge slipping below zero degrees on>
1. Temperature extremes in Sárrét
🌡️ The hottest day of the month (April 25): +23.0 °C! But April 5 (+22.7 °C), April 17 (+22.3 °C) and April 19 (+22.4 °C) also produced early summer warmth. There were a total of 21 days when the maximums exceeded +15 °C, and on 6 of these days you even crossed +20 °C!
🥶 The coldest night of the month (April 10): -1.3 °C. This was the>
🔥 The warmest day on average (April 5): +17.0 °C daily mean temperature (this is extremely high for early April, specifically a late May value).
🧊 The coldest day on average (April 10): +5.6 °C mean value (this was also the day of the frosty night, when the maximum also stalled at +9.3 °C).
III. MICROCLIMATIC SUMMARY
The April data series clearly points to signs of intensifying spring drought. The persistently high daytime temperatures (from mid-April almost continuously peaks between +19 °C and +23 °C) paired with dust-dry, sunny weather caused huge evaporation (evapotranspiration). Since March also closed with a serious deficit, the upper layer of the soil in Sárrét dried out completely by the end of April, which already meant serious stress for the autumn sowings and plants emerging after spring works.
In terms of spatial distribution, it can be seen that the thunderstorm, shower clouds also found the outer, western-northern wing (Malý Lég: 8.5 mm, Sása: 7.0 mm) better in April, while the interior of the basin, Blahová (3.9 mm) remained almost completely dry. Dunajská Streda (4.0 mm) this time moved hair's breadth exactly together with Sárrét, indicating that the drought affected the entire micro-region equally.
Nature is now almost crying out for the redeeming, abundant May rains!
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