April Weather Comments

First Comments on April weather from 47 years:

Average high temp.— 57°

Average low temp.— 29°

Average precip.— 1.80

Average snowfall— 3 inches

Most April precip.— 6.20 during 1986

Most snowfall— 26.5 inches during 1975

Rain and snow mix are common until the middle of the month, after this it is mainly rain.

Below zero nights are rare but freezing temps. are common all thru the month.

Extremes in temp.

and precip. readings

• 1981: Warm month - Average high temp. for April, 1981 was 64 degrees – Every day’s high was 50 plus degrees except one day which was 43 degrees – 12 days were in the 60s, 4 days in the 70s and 2 days in the 80s

• 1986: Wet month – 13 days during April, 1986 had precip. readings which by the end of the month totaled 6.20 – Blizzard conditions on 13 and 14 was caused by 8 inches of wet snow and strong winds – Snow disappeared quickly because over an inch of rain followed the blizzard two days later – Over one inch of moisture was melted down from the 8 inches of snow giving the area over two inches of moisture in a week’s time – Thunder was recorded in 7 of the 13 moisture events.

More extremes next week