April 2015 - A Look Ahead

The tables below consist of monthly normals for April as well as daily extremes and what happened last year.

Aberdeen	High	Low	Average	Precipitation	Snowfall
Monthly Normal	57.0	31.8	44.4	1.85	3.1
Last Year	54.6	26.8	40.7	2.04	0.2

Daily Extremes		Day and Year		Last Year	Day
Record High	98	30 - 1992		80	9th
Record Low	- 2	03 - 1975		6	1st
Precipitation	3.65	13 - 1912		1.28	27th
Snowfall	13.1	12 - 1970		0.2	16th
The normal temperature on the 1st is 49 for the high and 26 for the low. The normal temperature on the 30th is 64 for the high and 38 for the low. Sunrise on the 1st is at 7:15 AM with a sunset at 8:02 PM CDT. Sunrise on the 30th is at 6:24 AM with a sunset at 8:39 PM CDT.
Pierre	High	Low	Average	Precipitation	Snowfall
Monthly Normal	59.7	34.2	47.0	1.81	3.7
Last Year	58.6	30.8	44.7	1.97	T

Daily Extremes		Day and Year		Last Year	Day
Record High	98	21 - 1980		84	9th
Record Low	1	03 - 1936		8	1st
Precipitation	2.13	26 - 1964		1.35	28th
Snowfall	13.4	14 - 1986		T	Many Days
The normal temperature on the 1st is 53 for the high and 29 for the low. The normal temperature on the 30th is 66 for the high and 40 for the low. Sunrise on the 1st is at 7:23 AM with a sunset at 8:08 PM CDT. Sunrise on the 30th is at 6:34 AM with a sunset at 8:44 PM CDT.
Mobridge	High	Low	Average	Precipitation	Snowfall
Monthly Normal	58.0	32.5	45.3	1.57	3.6
Last Year	55.9	28.8	42.3	2.35	3.5

Daily Extremes		Day and Year		Last Year	Day
Record High	96	30 - 1992		81	9th
Record Low	- 1	01 - 1975		3	1st
Precipitation	2.25	20 - 1971		1.24	27th
Snowfall	11.8	13 - 1970		3.5	2nd
The normal temperature on the 1st is 50 for the high and 28 for the low. The normal temperature on the 30th is 64 for the high and 40 for the low. Sunrise on the 1st is at 7:22 AM with a sunset at 8:10 PM CDT. Sunrise on the 30th is at 6:32 AM with a sunset at 8:47 PM CDT.
Watertown	High	Low	Average	Precipitation	Snowfall
Monthly Normal	55.6	32.1	43.8	2.02	3.3
Last Year	52.0	28.9	40.5	1.59	4.0

Daily Extremes		Day and Year		Last Year	Day
Record High	95	21 - 1980		79	9th
Record Low	- 10	14 - 1926		9	1st
Precipitation	3.25	14 - 1912		0.86	28th
Snowfall	19.0	25 - 2008		3.7	16th
The normal temperature on the 1st is 47 for the high and 26 for the low. The normal temperature on the 30th is 63 for the high and 38 for the low. Sunrise on the 1st is at 7:10 AM with a sunset at 7:56 PM CDT. Sunrise on the 30th is at 6:20 AM with a sunset at 8:32 PM CDT.
Sisseton	High	Low	Average	Precipitation	Snowfall
Monthly Normal	56.3	32.6	44.5	2.28	8.5
Last Year	51.4	29.6	40.5	3.18	6.4

Daily Extremes		Day and Year		Last Year	Day
Record High	99	21 - 1980		78	9th
Record Low	- 3	07 - 1936		5	2nd
Precipitation	3.66	13 - 1912		0.87	28th
Snowfall	9.0	05 - 1901		4.0	1st

The normal temperature on the 1st is 49 for the high and 28 for the low. The

normal temperature on the 30th is 65 for the high and 40 for the low.

Sunrise on the 1st is at 7:09 AM with a sunset at 7:56 PM CST.

Sunrise on the 30th is at 6:18 AM with a sunset at 8:34 PM CST.

Phases of the Moon

Phase	Date
Full Moon	4th
Third Quarter	11th
New Moon	18th
First Quarter	25th

Climate Prediction Center's One Month Outlook

Temperatures

Precipitation

Astronomy Happenings in April 2015

Follow the arc of the Big Dipper to Arcturus

Shortest total lunar eclipse of century on April 4

Leo loses his tail. We gain a constellation

Lyrid meteors best before dawn April 22 and 23