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An easterly airflow brought cooler weather on the following day. However, in the next three days, temperatures were on the rise and the month's highest temperature of 30.2 degrees was reached on the hot and sunny afternoon of April 23. A spell of fine and warm weather persisted from April 24 until the end of the month.

There was only one tropical cyclone over the western North Pacific and the South China Sea in the month of April.

Details of the issuance/hoisting and cancellation/ lowering of various warnings/signals in the month are summarised in Table 1.1. Monthly meteorological figures and departures from normal of April are tabulated in Table 1.2.