Monthly Summary: April 2013

April continued the cooler trend. Last snowfall in April was 4-26-2013. Ice on Lakes persisted in some locations until the end of the month, as did snow drifts in shaded locations.

 

All data refer to the time since June 7, 2007, as measured by the UMM weather station. Averages refer to data taken by the Morris Co-op and the USDA Soils Lab.

Apr-13

10-year average

50-year average

90-year average

Temperature

Monthly Mean:

35.4

oF

45.3

oF

43.5

oF

43.2

oF

1.9

oC

7.4

oC

6.4

oC

6.2

oC

Monthly max:

77.1

oF

80.5

oF

78.3

oF

78.3

oF

25.1

oC

26.9

oC

25.7

oC

25.7

oC

Monthly min:

12.5

oF

20.9

oF

18.1

oF

17.0

oF

-10.8

oC

-6.1

oC

-7.7

oC

-8.3

oC

Liquid precipitation

Total:

1.51

in

1.72

in

2.24

in

2.18

in

38.4

mm

43.8

mm

56.8

mm

55.4

mm

Wind gust

max:

38

mph

17

m/s

Solar Radiation:

total month

136.8

kWh/m2

average daily

4.6

kWh/m2

SB, 5/1/13