Climate Data
April 2020 Weather Summary for Belize
April 2020 started off typical as seasonably warm and dry conditions prevailed across the country during the first five days of the month. A slack pressure gradient supported a light easterly to southeasterly airflow for the first three days then winds became moderate from the 4th to the 5th day. No showers occurred.
Warm and dry weather continued on the 6th and 7th then conditions became warmer and drier from the 8th to the 10th as the country remained under the influence of a high pressure system centered over the northwest Caribbean.
Hot, dry, windy and hazy conditions dominated the country from the 11th to the 12th as a gusty easterly to southeasterly airflow developed between low pressures over southern Mexico and the Atlantic high pressure ridge northeast of the area. From the 13th onwards, smoke from agricultural fires in neighbouring Central American countries streamed across the country but was more prevalent in western areas. The smoky conditions along with haze resulted in very hot temperatures and high humidity especially inland. Except for an isolated thunderstorm over the Maya Mountains on the 20th conditions remained very dry across the country.
The 21st saw a reprieve from the hot and smoky conditions as the flow became easterly to northeasterly. This was short-lived however, as by the 22nd the moderate to gusty easterly to southeasterly flow resumed resulting in hot, hazy, smoky and mostly dry conditions. Only isolated thunderstorms moved across the western border towards the Maya mountains during the evening of the 24th.
A moderate to gusty easterly to northeasterly surface flow prevailed over the area from the 25th to the 26th but conditions continued warm and mostly dry but less smoky and hazy. Mainly fair and warm conditions prevailed on the 27th and 28th except for a few showers or isolated thunderstorms that affected the extreme part of the Toledo district on the 28th morning.
Skies were cloudy with mostly high level clouds on the 29th while conditions remained good for most areas except for isolated thunderstorms that developed just to the south of Punta Gorda Town during the early morning and over the west during the afternoon. Moisture increased slightly on the 30th as a pre-frontal trough reached the extreme north of the country. Afternoon showers and thunderstorms developed over the western portion of the Cayo district and also affected some areas in the north by evening.
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