April was 3.1 deg F below normal for temperature. The high for the month was 69.8 F, recorded on April 8. The low for the month was 24.2 deg F, recorded on April 17. There were 7 days at or below 32 F. There were 557 heating degree days and 1 cooling degree day.
April was an above-normal month for precipitation with 5.06 inches of rainfall recorded, which was 1.67 inches above normal. The maximum rainfall in a single day was 1.34 inches recorded on April 30. There were 15 days of rain >.01 in, 10 >.10 in and 1 > 1 in.
It snowed two inches on April 18, which had all but melted by the end of the following day.
High wind speed of 42 mph on April 10.
One kind reader remarked that this April seemed to be windier than usual. Here are the wind data for April during the past 5 years (2016-2020):
| Year | Wind Run (mi) | Avg (mph) | High (mph) |
| 2016 | 2850 | 4.0 | 43 |
| 2017 | 3200 | 4.4 | 38 |
| 2018 | 3500 | 4.8 | 53 |
| 2019 | 3050 | 4.2 | 45 |
| 2020 | 3350 | 4.7 | 42 |
Wind run is the total distance of the traveled wind over a period of time.
By any measure, April 2018 was the windiest during the past 5 years.
Outlook for May 2020
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