Surprise in the Tatra Mountains: IMGW He says that the snow cover in the mountains exceeded 1 meter thick on Kasprowy Wierch. Amounted to 106 Cm. “During winter 2024/2025 this situation did not take place, although the snow should be at least 150 cm. The cool April tried to make up for what the warm and dry winter missed” – note synoptics from IMGW.
New norm: In winter, the maximum snow cover at Kasprowy Wierch was alarmingly low. In December it was only 43 cm, in January – 86 cm, and in February – 73 cm. For comparison in these months in 2019. The snow cover exceeded 200 cm.
To the record far away: Marek Kot, a retired employee of the Tatra National Park, recalls in an interview with Gazeta Krakowska that he remembers “such a year when there was more than two meters of snow on May 20 at Kasprowy Wierch.” The April record was broken in 1995. April 15. On Kasprowy Wierch It was up to 355 cm of snow then.
Difficult conditions in the Tatras: The Tatra National Park (TPN) warns that it is in force in the mountains avalanche threat. “During a strong wind, branches and trees can break the trails, which is a threat to health and life. Also for trails running next to steep slopes, Stones and branches may fall, rocks or fallen trees can be sliding, “we read.
A unique beginning of April: The first decade of April was dry – IMGW said. In almost the entire western part of the country, the sum of rainfall during this period was zero liters of water per square meter. Most rain fell in Lesko – 24 liters of water per square meter. However, this is still only 43 percent. average rainfall in April. Kwiecień was also a cold month so far. On average, there were 0.7 degrees Celsius less relative to the average monthly temperature in April. Last day, the average anomaly was almost minus three degrees.
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Sources: IMGW-PIB Meteo Polska [X]IAR, Gazeta Krakowska, Tatra National Park