Last month was the 2nd hottest April on record globally (2024 holds the record). As usual, there is substantial regional variability in the location of these warm and cold departures.

Summary of the month at https://climate.copernicus.eu/surface-air-temperature-april-2025 using @CopernicusECMWF ERA5 data.

Surface air temperature for April 2025 | Copernicus

April 2025 was the second-warmest April globally, with an average ERA5 surface air temperature of 14.96°C, 0.60°C above the 1991-2020 average for April.

@ZLabe @CopernicusECMWF It's crazy what happened in central asia, but well, that's our future.