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A Strangely Warm April So Far...

By Doug Peters
July 22, 2010 Updated Apr 13, 2010 at 9:44 PM EDT

It’s been a warm April so far. I thought I’d provide some stats up through the 12th of the month. I’ll try to add to this and/or update this as we progress through the month.



-    The average daily temperature through 4/12 has been at or above average.

-    We tied for the 3rd earliest 80 degree temperatures (82 on 4/7)



Record highs were reached:

-    79 degrees on the 2nd, beating the old record of 77 in 1963

-    79 degrees on the 3rd, tying the old record of 79 in 1963

-    75 degrees on the 5th, tying the old record of 75 in 1985

-    82 degrees on the 8th, breaking the old record of 80 in 1991



Warmest minimum temperatures:



-    56 degrees on the 7th, breaking the old record of 55 in 1991



The average monthly temperature through the 12th is 56.4 degrees, a whopping 15.9 degrees above average



Nine out of twelve days saw high temperatures of 60 or better!

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