Although there were  four days of record breaking temepratures, April 2007 will go down in the books as cool and wet.

Mean Monthly Temperature                  4.0                 Normal   5 .2  

Mean Monthly Maximum                      10.0                 Normal 11.4

Mean Monthly Minimum                       -2.1                  Normal -1.1     

                                   

Warmest Day   21.4 on the  7^th  

Coldest Day     -16.9 on the  3^rd

New daily record minimum on the 3^rd at -16.9. Previous record was -14.0 in 2002.

New daily record maximum on the 6^th at 17.9. Previous record was 17.7 in 1977.

New daily record maximum on the 7^th at 21.4. Previous record was 20.2 in 1986.

New daily record maximum on the 8^th at 20.1.  Previous record was 18.3 in 1960.

Total Monthly Precipitation        41.6 mm                     Normal    32.2 mm

Total Monthly Rainfall                 41.6 mm                     Normal    25.9 mm

Total Monthly snowfall                 TR  cm                       Normal   6.3 cm

Environment Canada's Jim Steele says April was like a roller coaster ride, "With a real chilly start with temperatures well below normal for the first week. This was highlighted by a record low of a winter like -16.9 on the 3^rd. Not to be outdone, an early burst of Spring poked its head into the fray into the Easter weekend with temperatures soaring the opposite direction, into the upper teens and low twenties. This period experienced 3 consecutive days with record daily maximum temperatures, peaking out at 21.4 on the 7^th."

But that's where the nice stuff ends, with  a more typical pattern settling in  from mid month onwards, sprinkled with a few days slightly above normal and a few slightly below normal.  In the end, the monthly temperatures ended up just over a degree below the 30 year average.

Precipitation was a bit strange  says Steele "With the typical April through mid month, mostly in the form of rain with only trace amounts of snow.  Conditions went into the wet side of normal after mid month with the last 10 days of the month on the damp side. The wettest day in this period as well as for the entire month was on the 24^th with 15.8 mm of rain, almost half the normal April precipitation on the one day."