April Showers On Again-Off Again

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Jim Steele, Meteorologist with Environment Canada says April was a ho-hum month for Prince George although rainfall was slightly above normal  and a little cooler than  usual.  Here is his report:

April  2009   The month got off to a very auspicious start with cool very unsettled conditions for the first 4 days. Snowfall occurred on the first 2 days of the month with the coldest reading during the month on the 4^th at -11.7. Conditions returned to a much more tranquil nature shortly after with yet another cool unsettled period between the 9^th and the 14^th with more wet snow and rain. A quiet period followed then the big rains arrived on the 19^th and presided for another 2 days, bringing just over 19 mm for the 3 day period. The last week of the moth returned to close to normal on the temperature side of things with generally dry conditions.

Precipitation was on again off again for most of the month with the last week seeing a drying trend. Rainfall was slightly above normal while snowfall was pretty close to the longer term normal.

Into the record books, it was a below normal month on the temperature side of the ledger with precipitation coming in on the high side, slightly wetter than normal.

Temperatures

• Average daily high of 9.4 was below the normal of 11.4 degrees C.
• Average daily low of -1.9 was below the normal of -1.1 degrees C. 
• Mean temperature of 3.8 was below the normal 5.2 degrees C.
• Warmest Day on the 21^st  with a maximum temperature of 16.0 degrees
• Coldest day on the 4^th with an overnight minimum of -11.7 degrees

Precipitation

• Total precipitation of 38.0 mm was above the normal of 32.2 mm. 
• Total Snowfall of 6.8 cm was near the normal of 6.3 cm
• Total rainfall of 32.6 mm was above the normal of 25.9 mm
• Measurable precipitation on 11 days near the normal of 10 days
• Greatest snowfall one day 4.8 cm  on the 2^nd
• Greatest rainfall one day 12.8 mm on the 20^th  

Daily Records 

• No new daily or monthly records established

Notes. 

• Total precipitation of the year to date is 185.1  mm, above  the normal of 149.0 mm

Records for April
Mean temperature                        Extreme Daily temps
Mildest     7.0 1980            Max      29.7   25^th    1977
Coolest    -1.6 1954            Min     -25.6     4^th    1954

Precipitation
Driest            10.9 mm       1975         Wettest day     27.8 mm  9th   1995
Wettest         72.7 mm    1995           Snowiest day    21.8 cm  10th   1966
Most Snow     37.3 cm       1966

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