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Themselves the hottest Easter was in 2000, the average daily air temperature in Lithuania was 17.3 ° C. That year was a sunny and warm day throughout Lithuania, the maximum air temperature in the entire country ranged from 23.8 to 26 , 7 ° C. The mentioned 26.7 ° C, measured in Varėna, became the highest Easter air temperature. It should be noted that in the last 60 years there have only been four days of Easter, when the maximum air temperature in at least one weather station exceeded 20 ° C: 1962, 2000, 2011 and 2014.
The coldest Easter morning dawned in 1974. Also in Varėna, when the air temperature dropped to -11 ° C, this is the lowest air temperature recorded on Easter day. However, the 1970s could be considered the coldest. Easter, when the average daily air temperature in Lithuania was -2.6 ° C. This Easter was the only one in which the average daily air temperature in Lithuania was negative (-1.5 ° C in Klaipeda to -3.2 ° in Telšiai and Varėna).
Photo from the Lithuanian Hydrometeorological Service / Easter Weather Records
Precipitation. In the last 60 years, there have only been 15 Easter, no rainfall recorded at any weather station, and 8 recorded at all. The rainiest was in 2018. Easter. On this day, the greatest amount of precipitation fell in Dotnuva, 24.5 mm; this is the highest amount of precipitation during Easter.
Snow. During the 60 years, there were 23 Easter, when the snow was fixed in at least one weather station and only two, when the snow covered all of Lithuania: in 1970. and 1996 1970 The highest snow cover was measured in Laukuva during the Easter, even 49 cm. Therefore, we can call Easter 1974 not only the coldest, but also the snowiest.
The last Easter with the most snow was in 2013, when the snow cover was recorded in almost all weather stations, and in Dūkšte it reached up to 30 cm.
The biggest wind speed – 24 m / s recorded in 1975. In Panevėžys.
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