Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
000 CXUS53 KDTX 020040 RRB CLMMBS CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 840 PM EDT MON MAY 01 2023 ................................... ...THE TRI CITIES MI CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL 2023... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1912 TO 2023 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE NORMAL .............................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 88 04/26/1915 LOW 8 04/01/1923 HIGHEST 84 04/15 MM MM LOWEST 24 04/02 MM MM AVG. MAXIMUM 58.8 55.8 3.0 AVG. MINIMUM 38.2 36.1 2.1 MEAN 48.5 45.9 2.6 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 1.0 -1.0 DAYS MIN <= 32 11 10.0 1.0 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 7.33 2013 MINIMUM 0.42 1940 TOTALS 2.84 3.19 -0.35 DAILY AVG. 0.09 0.11 -0.02 DAYS >= .01 13 11.8 1.2 DAYS >= .10 7 7.0 0.0 DAYS >= .50 2 2.0 0.0 DAYS >= 1.00 1 0.6 0.4 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 1.39 03/31 TO 04/01 STORM TOTAL 1.06 (MM/DD(HH)) SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 14.4 1975 TOTALS T 2.4 -2.4 LIQUID EQUIV T 0.20 -0.20 SINCE 7/1 46.7 49.0 -2.3 LIQUID 7/1 4.67 DAYS >= TRACE 4 2.0 2.0 DAYS >= 1.0 0 1.0 -1.0 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 0 24 HR TOTAL MM STORM TOTAL 0.0 (MM/DD(HH)) DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 500 574 -74 SINCE 7/1 5809 6480 -671 COOLING TOTAL 14 2 12 SINCE 1/1 14 3 11 FREEZE DATES RECORD EARLIEST 09/12 (1943) LATEST 05/28 (1949) EARLIEST 10/08 (2022) LATEST 04/27 (2023) .............................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.4 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 35/250 DATE 04/05 35/230 04/16 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 49/240 DATE 04/05 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.43 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 12 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 11 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 7 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 64 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 3 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 2 RAIN 6 LIGHT RAIN 15 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 3 SLEET 0 FOG 10 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 0 HAZE 0 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$ ================================================================ SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 2023 APRIL 2023 MONTHLY STATISTICS AND RANKINGS ----------------------------------------------------------------- SNOWFALL ACTUAL NORMAL DEPARTURE RANKING DETROIT AREA 0.1" 1.5" -1.4" 38TH LEAST SNOWY FLINT AREA T" 2.4" -2.4" 7TH LEAST SNOWY SAGINAW AREA T" 2.4" -2.4" 7TH LEAST SNOWY SNOWFALL SINCE JULY 1* ACTUAL NORMAL DEPARTURE RANKING DETROIT AREA 37.1" 45.0" -7.9" 61ST LEAST SNOWY FLINT AREA 46.5" 52.1" -5.6" 41ST SNOWIEST SAGINAW AREA 46.7" 49.0" -2.3" 38TH SNOWIEST *NORMAL TO DATE (AS OF APRIL 30, 2023) PRECIPITATION ACTUAL NORMAL DEPARTURE RANKING DETROIT AREA 2.88" 3.26" -0.38" 58TH WETTEST FLINT AREA 3.61" 3.13" +0.48" 26TH WETTEST SAGINAW AREA 2.84" 3.19" -0.35" 47TH WETTEST PRECIPITATION SINCE JANUARY 1* ACTUAL NORMAL DEPARTURE RANKING DETROIT AREA 13.03" 10.00" +3.03" 10TH WETTEST FLINT AREA 11.65" 8.77" +2.88" 12TH WETTEST SAGINAW AREA 11.07" 8.90" +2.17" 15TH WETTEST *NORMAL TO DATE (AS OF APRIL 30, 2023) AVERAGE TEMPERATURE ACTUAL NORMAL DEPARTURE RANKING DETROIT AREA 50.2 48.9 +1.3 30TH WARMEST FLINT AREA 48.9 46.0 +2.9 18TH WARMEST SAGINAW AREA 48.5 45.9 +2.6 19TH WARMEST AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE ACTUAL NORMAL DEPARTURE RANKING DETROIT AREA 61.0 58.7 +2.3 22ND WARMEST FLINT AREA 60.4 56.7 +3.7 20TH WARMEST SAGINAW AREA 58.8 55.8 +3.0 22ND WARMEST AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE ACTUAL NORMAL DEPARTURE RANKING DETROIT AREA 39.5 39.1 +0.4 40TH WARMEST FLINT AREA 37.4 35.3 +2.1 29TH WARMEST SAGINAW AREA 38.2 36.1 +2.1 16TH WARMEST DETROIT AREA HAS A CLIMATE RECORD DATING TO NOVEMBER 1874 (~149 YEARS) FLINT AREA HAS A CLIMATE RECORD DATING TO JANUARY 1921 (~103 YEARS) SAGINAW AREA HAS CLIMATE RECORD DATING TO JANUARY 1912 (~112 YEARS)