April was much drier than normal, with just 32.3 millimeters of rain - the ninth lowest for the monthl. For the first four months this year, the accumulated rainfall was 110 millimeters, 63% below the normal figure of 299.8.

April was also warmer than usual. The mean temperature was 23.1 degrees, 0.9 degrees above normal.

April 1 was cloudy with some rain. It turned to fine and dry weather the next day when a northeast monsoon arrived on the South China coast.

The weather became hazy on the 4th. A broad cloud band moved over southern China on the 5th, bringing cloudy and misty weather. Dominated by a maritime airstream, local weather was warm with sunny periods in the following six days. It was also foggy on April 10 and 11.

A cold front moved across the coast of Guangdong on the 12th, bringing significantly cooler weather that night. Coupled with the rain, the northerly winds brought the temperature down to the month's lowest, 14.6 degrees, on the following morning. The weather remained cloudy with a few rain patches until April 17.

Under the influence of a maritime airstream, warm and sunny weather returned on April 18. Apart from some cloudy periods on the 21st, the weather stayed fine over the next five days. It was hot with maximum temperatures exceeding 30 degrees in the New Territories on the 20th.