Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Sterling, VA
Issued by NWS Sterling, VA
000 CXUS51 KLWX 031619 CLMBWI CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 1219 PM EDT WED MAY 03 2023 ................................... ...THE BALTIMORE MD CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL 2023... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1871 TO 2023 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE NORMAL .............................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 94 04/25/1960 04/23/1960 04/20/1941 LOW 15 04/01/1923 HIGHEST 89 04/13 85 4 87 LOWEST 33 04/03 29 4 31 04/09 AVG. MAXIMUM 72.0 66.5 5.5 65.6 AVG. MINIMUM 48.2 43.6 4.6 44.0 MEAN 60.1 55.0 5.1 54.8 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.4 -0.4 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 0 2.4 -2.4 2 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 8.70 1889 MINIMUM 0.39 1985 TOTALS 4.12 3.39 0.73 3.92 DAILY AVG. 0.14 0.11 0.03 0.13 DAYS >= .01 8 11.2 -3.2 10 DAYS >= .10 6 6.2 -0.2 6 DAYS >= .50 2 2.4 -0.4 4 DAYS >= 1.00 1 0.8 0.2 1 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 1.84 04/28 TO 04/29 1.54 STORM TOTAL 1.82 1.22 (MM/DD(HH)) SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 9.4 1924 TOTALS 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE 7/1 0.2 19.3 -19.1 MM DAYS >= TRACE 0 0.1 -0.1 0 DAYS >= 1.0 0 0.0 0.0 0 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 0 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 191 318 -127 316 SINCE 7/1 3554 4365 -811 MM COOLING TOTAL 51 19 32 15 SINCE 1/1 52 21 31 MM .............................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.5 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 43/300 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 63/280 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.57 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 58 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 4 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 3 RAIN 7 LIGHT RAIN 12 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 2 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 12 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 2 HAZE 2 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && APR 2023 ENDED AS THE THIRD WARMEST APRIL ON RECORD. THE FIRST THREE WEEKS OF THE MONTH WERE ALSO EXCEPTIONALLY DRY WITH MOST OF THE RAINFALL FALLING DURING THE LAST THREE DAYS OF THE MONTH. A PERSISTENT UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WAS THE CULPRIT FOR THE VERY WARM AND DRY MONTH. $$