Main points<\/strong>:<\/p>\n Features of the weather at the beginning of April<\/p>\n According to experts, during the first decade of April 2026, Ukraine experienced contrasting weather in terms of temperature and precipitation<\/strong>.<\/p>\n At the same time, the average daily air temperatures at the beginning of the decade:<\/p>\n The maximum air temperatures in most regions, according to the Ukrainian Hydrometeorological Center, rose to 20-25\u00b0C.<\/p>\n When and how exactly the weather changed sharply<\/p>\n Ukrainians were reminded that the sharp change in weather conditions occurred in Ukraine starting from April 6<\/strong> due to:<\/p>\n At that time, strong cooling was observed – with night frosts<\/strong> almost in all regions of Ukraine.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, the average daily temperatures dropped to levels 3-6\u00b0C below normal.<\/p>\n In addition, precipitation in the form of was noted across almost the entire territory of the country:<\/p>\n How winter and early grain crops developed<\/p>\n Ukrainian Hydrometeorological Center specialists reported that at the beginning of the decade, the growth and development of winter and early spring sown grain crops occurred under favorable agrometeorological conditions.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, in the second half of the decade, conditions worsened (due to the sharp change in weather to extremely cold with frosts).<\/p>\n This situation affected agricultural crops<\/strong>:<\/p>\n “The accumulation of effective heat occurred slowly, resulting in weak vegetative processes<\/strong> only during the daytime,” the Ukrainian Hydrometeorological Center reported.<\/p>\n How the cooling affected fieldwork<\/p>\n According to specialists, the cold weather in the second half of the first decade of April, precipitation in the form of wet snow and snow, as well as weak soil warming:<\/p>\n Which crops were affected by frosts<\/p>\n Experts from the Ukrainian Hydrometeorological Center reported that the early development of spring processes this year led to extremely early flowering of apricots and early stone fruits<\/strong>:<\/p>\n “Therefore, the frosts observed during the first decade and especially at the beginning of the second negatively affected the processes of flowering and pollination<\/strong>,” the press service of the Ukrainian Hydrometeorological Center stated.<\/p>\n Ukrainians were explained that the plants were under stress.<\/p>\n “This will affect the future harvest<\/strong>,” specialists concluded.<\/p>\n Recall that we previously reported when in April the temperature rapidly dropped to -10 and where in Ukraine snow accumulated.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, meteorologists explained what April could be like in Ukraine in general.<\/p>\n Also read how the anticyclone Quirin will change the weather in Ukraine tomorrow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Arctic cold snap has become a real stress not only for people. The Ukrainian Hydrometeorological Center analyzed the weather conditions at the beginning of April and explained how they could affect the future harvest of certain crops.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":69537,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"magazine_newspaper_sidebar_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-69588","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-society-en"],"yoast_head":"\n\n
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Agrometeorological conditions of the first decade of April 2026 in Ukraine (infographic: facebook.com\/UkrHMC)<\/p>\n\n
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