Record high, then frost

A month of extremes: is this still “April weather”?

April brought forest fires, summer feelings and frost.(Bild: Krone KREATIV/Landwirtschaftskammer Steiermark, Alois Litzlbauer, POTOGRAPHY MARCUS M)

First, April surprised us with swimming weather, then frost caused sleepless nights for farmers. Does this still fall under the well-known characteristics of this month or should we be worried? A climate researcher and a meteorologist help us to classify the weather and give us an outlook for the summer.

31.7 degrees in Deutschlandsberg, forest fires in Wildalpen and frost damage in the orchards: April in Styria wasn't the only month that had it all. Known as a "stubborn" month, the question arises as to whether the weather events of recent weeks are still within the norm. Gottfried Kirchengast, climate researcher at the Wegener Center at the University of Graz, provides answers: "The April weather this year was based on a higher warming energy - and with even stronger extremes."