Widespread Showers in the Eastern US; Severe Thunderstorms in the Plains; Heatwave in the Desert Southwest

Widespread showers and thunderstorms across much of the central and eastern U.S. will produce areas of excessive rainfall, especially in the southern Mid-Atlantic states. Scattered severe thunderstorms are expected from Montana into portions of the central/southern Plains this weekend. A heatwave will build in the Desert Southwest, in parts of Arizona, southeastern California, and southern Nevada. Read More >

In Milwaukee it was the 3rd warmest April on record and 6th wettest. Precipitation was 6.23 inches, which was 2.67 inches above normal. It Madison it was the 8th wettest April on record. Precipitation was 5.3 inches, which was 1.9 inches above normal.

Across southern WI as a whole, rainfall was 1-2.7 inches above normal.

Temperature was 5.3 degrees above normal at Milwaukee and 3.4 degrees above normal at Madison. Across southern WI as a whole, temperature for April was 3-5 degrees above normal.

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Widespread Showers in the Eastern US; Severe Thunderstorms in the Plains; Heatwave in the Desert Southwest

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