April was 2.4 F above normal for temperature. The high for the month was 85.0 F, recorded on April 29. The low for the month was 19.4 F, recorded on April 9. There were 5 days at or below 32 F. There were 434 heating degree days and 37 cooling degree days.
April was an above-normal month for precipitation with 4.08 inches of rainfall recorded, which was 0.57 inches above normal. The maximum rainfall in a single day was 0.84 inches recorded on April 5. There were 15 days of rain >.01 in, 10 >.10 in, and 0 > 1 in.
There was a trace of snow in April.
High wind speed of 49 mph on April 29.
A severe thunderstorm occurred on April 29, critically damaging trees, utility poles, and power lines. Power was out from April 29 at 6:43 PM until May 3 at 2:21 AM. No data was lost for April, but a few hours on May 2-3 were lost due to battery failure of the data logger.
The State College National Weather Service Office has classified the storm as a quasi-linear convective system (QLCS) due to its long and wide path.
Stormstown Dispatch 
Hi Bill! With another month drawing to a close and the start of May, I just thought a day or two ago that your report would be arriving soon. I was going to write to you, to ask about how things with your mom were going, but I hesitated because I know that you’re so busy with everything. Monitoring her adjustment and care is a full-time job, and I didn’t want to give you one more thing to do – feeling like you had to take a few minutes to respond to an email.
Oh my . . . with everything else that you do, dealing with no power for several days must have been a major pain. You must’ve lost refrigerated items – if any ice cream was in your freezer, that could be enjoyed as things began to defrost. I hope that you didn’t lose much. The already frozen items would keep other items frozen for a while. Were you able to get ice to help the situation? Stressful to manage, for sure.
As long as you, Marla, your mom, your furry babies, and other family members are ok, that’s the most important thing. Be well, Marcia
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