Until April 30, the weather is expected to be intermittently rainy, with lightning.

Axar.az reports that Nazim Mahmudov, head of the National Hydrometeorological Service, told.

It was noted that in some areas, precipitation is likely to be torrential, hail will fall, and sleet will occur in high mountainous areas. The westerly wind will occasionally strengthen in some places:

"In Baku and the Absheron peninsula, the weather is expected to be changeable, cloudy, mainly rainless on April 26 and 27. There is a possibility of short-term rain in some parts of the peninsula on the evening of April 28 and on the night of April 29. A mild north-westerly wind will blow, occasionally strengthening from the evening of the 27th to the 29th."

The head of the service recommended that citizens follow more accurate weather information and warnings through the official website of the National Hydrometeorological Service meteo.az, and the meteo.az mobile application.

He also presented statistical data on the weather conditions observed in the country during the past period of April:

During the past period of April, the air temperature across the country was above normal on some days and below normal on some days. In Baku and the Absheron Peninsula, the air temperature was above normal (0.3-13.6 degrees) for 20 days compared to the climate norm, and below normal (0.4-2.2 degrees) for 4 days, with the average monthly temperature recorded at 14.9 degrees Celsius.”

According to him, during the past period of April, the maximum temperature across the country was recorded at 31.6 degrees Celsius in the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic (Julfa) on April 24, and 30.5 degrees Celsius in Baku and the Absheron Peninsula on April 8. The minimum temperature across the country was 3.2 degrees Celsius in Shahdag on April 15, and 6.3 degrees Celsius in Baku and the Absheron Peninsula on April 11:

“The weather was rainy in most regions, with showers in some places. On April 16, the weather became even more severe, with intense and heavy rainfall. The highest rainfall, 378 percent of the monthly norm, fell on the Guba-Gusar zone, and 316 percent of the monthly norm on Baku and the Absheron Peninsula. As a result of the intense and heavy rainfall, the water level in the rivers increased, and on April 16, a total of 17 flood events were recorded in the rivers of the Greater and Lesser Caucasus.”

N. Mahmudov noted that snow fell in mountainous and foothill areas on some days of the previous period of April. As a result of the falling snow, the maximum height of the snow cover was 76 cm in Khinalig.

During the past days of April, yellow and orange warnings were issued 6 times according to the color scale regarding windy weather conditions. Windy weather conditions were observed for 14 days in Baku and the Absheron Peninsula, and for 21 days in the regions. The maximum wind speed increased to 34 m/s in Baku and the Absheron Peninsula, and to 28 m/s in the regions," the Head of the Service emphasized.