BOF 000 CXUS51 KGYX 051530 CLMCON CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 1130 AM EDT MON MAY 5 2008 ................................... ...THE CONCORD CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL 2008... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1868 TO 2008 /SINCE 1869 FOR TEMPERATURE/ WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR'S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 95 04/19/1976 LOW 7 04/01/1874 HIGHEST 85 04/23 87 04/23 LOWEST 22 04/15 16 04/07 04/08 AVG. MAXIMUM 60.3 56.9 3.4 52.9 AVG. MINIMUM 31.7 32.2 -0.5 MEAN 46.0 44.6 1.4 42.5 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 18 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 7.74 1904 MINIMUM 0.42 1941 TOTALS 3.74 3.07 0.67 7.22 DAILY AVG. 0.12 DAYS >= .01 10 DAYS >= .10 8 DAYS >= .50 2 DAYS >= 1.00 2 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 2.08 04/28 TO 04/29 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 35.0 1874 TOTALS 1.3 3.1 -1.8 12.0 SINCE 7/1 119.5 64.6 54.9 SNOWDEPTH AVG. 7 DAYS >= TRACE 1 1.5 -0.5 DAYS >= 1.0 1 0.7 0.3 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 25R 04/01 24 HR TOTAL 1.3 04/04 TO 04/04 DEGREE_DAYS HEATING TOTAL 565 623 -58 SINCE 7/1 6771 7086 -315 COOLING TOTAL 0 2 -2 SINCE 1/1 0 2 -2 ................................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.5 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 31/290 DATE 04/02 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 41/310 DATE 04/02 SKY COVER AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 61 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 2 HEAVY RAIN 3 RAIN 6 LIGHT RAIN 10 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 1 FOG 13 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 3 HAZE 4 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && DESPITE RECORDING ABOVE NORMAL RAINFALL, CONCORD ENJOYED SOME OF THE FINEST SPRING WEATHER IN APRIL. A STRETCH OF 2 WEEKS, FROM THE 13TH THROUGH THE 26TH, SAW 13 DAYS WITH NO RAIN. JUST ONE DAY, THE 24TH, HAD PRECIPITATION AND THAT WAS ONLY A HUNDREDTH OF AN INCH. ON THE 13TH THE HIGH WAS A COOL 48, WHICH WAS FOLLOWED BY SLIGHTLY MILDER HIGHS OF 52 DEGREES ON THE 14TH AND 58 DEGREES ON THE 15TH. THE NEXT 11 DAYS HAD HIGHS IN THE 60S...OR WARMER. IN FACT, THERE WERE EIGHT DAYS WITH HIGHS OF 70 OR HIGHER AND TWO OF THOSE HAD HIGHS IN THE 80S. THE MERCURY REACHED 85 DEGREES ON THE 23RD AND 82 DEGREES ON THE 18TH. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 46.0 DEGREES WHICH WAS 1.4 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL AND WAS THE 34TH WARMEST APRIL IN THE PAST 140 YEARS. THE WARMEST APRIL ON RECORD WAS 51.4 DEGREES IN 1941 AND THE COLDEST WAS 37.0 DEGREES IN 1874. THERE WAS 3.74 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION IN APRIL WHICH WAS 0.67 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. THIS WAS TIED WITH 1984 AS THE 37TH WETTEST APRIL IN THE PAST 141 YEARS. THE WETTEST APRIL WAS 7.44 INCHES IN 1904 AND THE DRIES WAS 0.42 INCHES IN 1941. MOST OF THE RAIN FELL ON JUST TWO DAYS. CONCORD MEASURED 1.62 INCHES ON THE 28TH AND 1.04 INCHES ON THE 29TH, THE ONLY TWO DAYS DURING THE MONTH WITH PRECIPITATION OF AN INCH OR MORE. THE TOTAL OF 2.66 INCHES ON THESE TWO DAYS ACCOUNTED FOR NEARLY THREE FOURTHS (71 PERCENT) OF THE TOTAL MONTHLY PRECIPITATION. FOR THE MONTH THERE WERE TEN DAYS WITH PRECIPITATION OF A HUNDREDTH OF AN INCH OR MORE AND 20 DAYS WITH ZERO PRECIPITATION. ALL OF THE APRIL SNOWFALL FELL ON ONE DAY. CONCORD PICKED UP 1.3 INCHES OF SNOW ON THE 4TH. THIS GAVE CONCORD A TOTAL OF 119.5 INCHES OF SNOW FOR THE SEASON, MAKING IT THE 2ND SNOWIEST ON RECORD. THE SNOW SEASON CONTINUES THROUGH THE END OF JUNE. NORMALLY CONCORD SEES LITTLE OR NO SNOW IN MAY AND NONE IN JUNE SO THE SEASON SNOW TOTAL WILL LIKELY STAY AT 119.5 INCHES. FINAL DETAILS ON THE SNOW SEASON WILL BE PROVIDED AFTER THE END OF MAY SINCE HISTORICALLY CONCORD HAS ON OCCASION MEASURED SNOW DURING THE MONTH OF MAY AND THESE FIGURES WOULD HAVE TO BE INCLUDED IN A FINAL SEASONAL SUMMARY. $$ SJC EOF