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CXUS51 KGYX 031318
CLMCON

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
1050 AM EDT THU MAY 2 2013

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...THE CONCORD NH CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL 2013...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1871 TO 2013 /SINCE 1869 FOR TEMPERATURE/

WEATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART  LAST YEAR`S
                 VALUE   DATE(S)  VALUE   FROM    VALUE  DATE(S)
                                          NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
 HIGH              95   04/19/1976
 LOW                7   04/01/1874
HIGHEST            77   04/24        82      -5       90  04/16
LOWEST             19   04/07        20      -1       22  04/01
AVG. MAXIMUM     58.5              57.4     1.1     61.2
AVG. MINIMUM     32.0              32.7    -0.7     33.4
MEAN             45.2              45.1     0.1     47.3
DAYS MAX >= 90      0               0.2    -0.2        1
DAYS MAX <= 32      0               0.2    -0.2        0
DAYS MIN <= 32     18              15.0     3.0       18
DAYS MIN <= 0       0               0.0     0.0        0

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM         7.74   1904
 MINIMUM         0.42   1941
TOTALS           1.88              3.41   -1.53     2.69
DAILY AVG.       0.06              0.11   -0.05     0.09
DAYS >= .01         9              11.8    -2.8        8
DAYS >= .10         4               7.1    -3.1        3
DAYS >= .50         1               2.1    -1.1        2
DAYS >= 1.00        0               0.7    -0.7        2
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL    0.60   04/10 TO 04/10

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
 TOTAL           35.0   1874
TOTALS            0.2               2.8    -2.6      0.0
SINCE 7/1        83.4              61.4    22.0     48.9
SNOWDEPTH AVG.      0
DAYS >= TRACE       2               1.2     0.8        0
DAYS >= 1.0         0               0.6    -0.6        0
GREATEST
 SNOW DEPTH         T   04/13
 24 HR TOTAL      0.2   04/12 TO 04/12

DEGREE_DAYS
HEATING TOTAL     585               600     -15      534
 SINCE 7/1       6502              6847    -345     5741
COOLING TOTAL       0                 2      -2        9
 SINCE 1/1          0                 2      -2        9
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              7.3
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    29/260    DATE  04/02
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    41/280    DATE  04/01

SKY COVER
AVERAGE SKY COVER           0.40

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     58

WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM              0     HEAVY RAIN                 1
RAIN                      4     LIGHT RAIN                11
FREEZING RAIN             1     LT FREEZING RAIN           1
HEAVY SNOW                0     SNOW                       0
LIGHT SNOW                2     FOG                       13
FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE     0     HAZE                       1

-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.

&&

AFTER A VERY SNOWY WINTER CONCORD ENJOYED A MUCH DRIER THAN NORMAL
APRIL ALONG WITH SEASONABLY MILD SPRING TEMPERATURES.

THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE IN APRIL WAS 45.3 DEGREES. THIS WAS 0.2
DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL AND TIED 1962 AS THE 56TH WARMEST APRIL IN THE
PAST 145 YEARS. THE WARMEST APRIL WAS 51.4 DEGREES IN 1941 AND THE
COLDEST WAS 37.0 DEGREES IN 1874.

THE HIGH FOR THE MONTH WAS 77 DEGREES ON THE 24TH AND WAS ONE OF
FIVE DAYS WITH HIGHS OVER 70. THE OTHER 70 DEGREE DAYS OCCURRED ON
THE 19TH AND THE LAST THREE DAYS OF THE MONTH. THE COLDEST HIGH IN
APRIL WAS 38 DEGREES ON THE 2ND...THE ONLY DAY NOT TO REACH AT LEAST
40 DEGREES IN APRIL. IN ADDITION TO THE FIVE 70 DEGREE DAYS CONCORD
HAD 11 DAYS WITH HIGHS IN THE 60S.

THE LOW FOR THE MONTH WAS 19 DEGREES ON THE 7TH. THE ONLY DAY TO
DROP BELOW 20 DEGREES. CONCORD HAD A TOTAL OF 18 DAYS WITH LOWS OF
32 OR COLDER IN APRIL. THE WARMEST LOW WAS 50 DEGREES ON THE 19TH.
FOR THE MONTH THERE WERE FIVE DAYS WITH LOWS OF 40 OR WARMER.

CONCORD RECORDED JUST 1.88 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION (RAINFALL PLUS
MELTED SNOWFALL) IN APRIL. THIS WAS AN INCH AND A HALF (1.53 INCHES)
BELOW NORMAL AND TIED 1890 AS THE 30TH DRIEST APRIL IN 146 YEARS.
THE DRIEST APRIL WAS 0.42 INCHES IN 1941 AND THE WETTEST APRIL WAS
7.44 INCHES IN 1904.

THE MOST PRECIPITATION IN ANY ONE DAY WAS 0.60 INCHES ON THE 10TH.
OVERALL CONCORD HAD A TRACE OR MORE OF PRECIPITATION ON 14 DAYS IN
APRIL WITH THE WETTEST STRETCH OF WEATHER OCCURRING FROM THE 7TH
THROUGH THE 13TH. THIS SEVEN DAY PERIOD HAD AT LEAST A TRACE OF
PRECIPITATION ON EACH DAY FOR A SEVEN DAY TOTAL OF 1.23 INCHES. THE
REST OF THE MONTH RECORDED JUST 0.55 INCHES.

THE DRIEST STRETCH OF WEATHER RAN FROM THE 21ST THROUGH THE 30TH.
THERE WAS JUST TWO DAYS OF PRECIPITATION DURING THIS 10 DAY PERIOD.
CONCORD REPORTED 0.02 INCHES ON THE 25TH AND A TRACE ON THE 26TH
WITH NO PRECIPITATION ON THE OTHER EIGHT DAYS.

CONCORD MEASURED JUST 0.2 INCHES OF SNOW IN APRIL. THIS WAS 2.6
INCHES BELOW NORMAL AND TIED THREE OTHER YEARS AS THE 96TH SNOWIEST
APRIL IN 146 YEARS. THE SNOWIEST APRIL WAS 35.0 INCHES IN 1874 AND
THE LEAST SNOWIEST WAS ZERO INCHES IN TEN DIFFERENT YEARS...MOST
RECENTLY JUST LAST YEAR.

CONCORD HAD JUST TWO DAYS WITH SNOW IN APRIL. THIS INCLUDED THE 0.2
INCHES ON THE 12TH AND A TRACE ON THE 2ND.

CONCORD DID NOT SET OR TIE ANY TEMPERATURE OR PRECIPITATION RECORDS
IN APRIL THIS YEAR.

$$

SJC