In Hungary, only a tenth of the usual precipitation fell in April 2026, totalling 4 mm.
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The official HungaroMet national average for April 2026 is 4.1 mm, not exactly 4 mm; the MEP's figure is a slight rounding (≈2.4% lower).
The 'usual amount' refers to the 1991–2020 climatological average; the 90% shortfall is relative to that reference period.
Context omitted by the MEP but supportive: April 2026 was the second driest April since 1901, and in several parts of the country no rain fell at all during the month.
Some local stations (e.g. Vaskút region per vmet.hu) recorded even less (3.0 mm vs. a 40.0 mm long-term local average).
SecondaryIdőkép (idokep.hu) — Hungarian weather portalAz elmúlt 125 évben csak egy szárazabb április volt az ideihez képest. Annyira csapadékszegény volt a 2026-os április, hogy az ország több részén egy csepp eső sem esett egész hónapban.