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April Climate Data (Page 1)

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     |-----Normals 1991-2020------| |--------- Record Temperatures ---------|
     Temperature   Precipitation     Hi        Lo        Hi        Lo
Day  Mx/Mn  Mean  Day  Month  Year   Max Year  Max Year  Min Year  Min Year    Day
 1   71/46   59  0.15  0.15   9.65   92  1946  44  1901  66  1940  26  1954    1 
 2   71/46   59  0.14  0.29   9.79   92  1918  44  1936 (72) 1918  26  1936    2 
 3   72/46   59  0.13  0.42   9.92   89  2011  48  1891  71  1934 (22) 1975    3 
 4   72/47   60  0.13  0.55  10.05   90  1988 (42) 1886  68  1929  24  1987    4 
 5   72/47   60  0.14  0.69  10.19   94  1893  46  1996 (72) 1888  27  1987    5 
 
 6   72/47   60  0.14  0.83  10.33   93  1960  44  1994  70 *2001  29  1966    6 
 7   73/47   60  0.14  0.97  10.47   91  1948  46  2007 (72) 1922  29 *2007    7 
 8   73/48   61  0.14  1.11  10.61   93  2020  44  1938 (72) 1893  24  2007    8 
 9   73/48   61  0.15  1.26  10.76   92  2011  46  1973  67 *2013  28  1964    9 
10   73/48   61  0.15  1.41  10.91   91  1943  46  1956  70  2001  30  1973   10 
 
11   74/48   61  0.15  1.56  11.06   89  1948  47  1900  68  1903  25  1989   11 
12   74/49   62  0.16  1.72  11.22   92  1972  46  1940  70  1941  30  1940   12 
13   74/49   62  0.16  1.88  11.38   90  1972  48  1980 (72) 1972  29  1997   13 
14   74/49   62  0.15  2.03  11.53   89 *2006  46  1928  71  2012  30  2008   14 
15   75/50   63  0.17  2.20  11.70   91  1924  48  1933  64  1936  27  1983   15 
 
16   75/50   63  0.17  2.37  11.87   92  2006  54  1890  70  1963  32 *2018   16 
17   75/50   63  0.17  2.54  12.04   95  2006  50  1912 (72) 1976  29  1951   17 
18   75/50   63  0.18  2.72  12.22  (96) 2006  49  1939  68 *2006  33  1999   18 
19   75/51   63  0.17  2.89  12.39   95  1987  55  1910  70  1955  33  1953   19 
20   76/51   64  0.17  3.06  12.56   94  1987  47  1918  70  1964  35  1978   20 
 
21   76/51   64  0.17  3.23  12.73   91  1965  52  1884  70  1925  31  2021   21 
22   76/52   64  0.17  3.40  12.90   92  1989  46  1884  70  1925  33  1982   22 
23   76/52   64  0.17  3.57  13.07   91  1965  58  1931  71  1925  36  1893   23 
24   76/52   64  0.18  3.75  13.25   90  1989  51  1910  67  1904  36 *2005   24 
25   77/53   65  0.19  3.94  13.44   89  2012  48  1910  68  1896  35  1910   25 
 
26   77/53   65  0.18  4.12  13.62   90  1896  50  1919  68  2009  33  1910   26 
27   77/53   65  0.19  4.31  13.81   91  1989  58  1920  71 *2012  36  1992   27 
28   77/54   66  0.19  4.50  14.00   91  1989  55  1976  71  1896  35  1965   28 
29   77/54   66  0.18  4.68  14.18   93  1962  58  1908  71  1970  34  1965   29 
30   78/54   66  0.19  4.87  14.37   90  1987  49  1907  71  1899  36  1908   30 
 
* Indicates occurrences in previous years     ( ) Indicates monthly extremes
April Monthly Normals 1991-2020:
 
Normal Max Temperature:   74.5F   Monthly Heating Degree Days:        142 
Normal Min Temperature:   49.8F   Season Total Heating Degree Days:  3070 
Normal Mean Temperature:  62.1F   Monthly Cooling Degree Days:         57 
Normal Monthly Rainfall:  4.87"   Season Total Cooling Degree Days:    73 
Normal Monthly Snowfall:   0.0" 
 
April Monthly Records:
 
Warmest Month:  68.0F in 1896     Wettest Month:  10.32" in 1957 
Coolest Month:  54.8F in 1983     Driest Month:    0.36" in 1903 
                                  Most Snowfall:   0.7"  in 1933
(Monthly normals are computed by adding all of the daily mean data
 and then dividing by the number of days in the month)

 

Updated: May 26, 2023