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This Month's Daily Statistics
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DATE: 4 May 2000
SUBJECT: Normally warm, abnormally dry
St. Cloud April 2000 Weather Summary
The dry conditions continued in central Minnesota during April. Monthly rainfall at St. Cloud was slightly over an inch, more than 1 1/4 inches below normal. This rainfall deficit got the growing season off to a slow start, especially considering that the fall rainfall was only about 2/3 of the normal amount (4.17 in compared to 6.29 in normal).
The rainfall problem was not exacerbated by heat as April temperatures were actually slightly below normal. Still, warm weather during the second half of the month increased evaporation rates, making the dry spell worse.
For the first time in 6 years, April snowfall was above normal at 3.3 inches. This raises the 1999-2000 seasonal snowfall to 28.1 inches, still more than 17 inches below normal and the lowest snowfall total since the 1986-1987 season.
MONTHLY STATISTICS APR 2000 NORMAL TEMPERATURE (DEG F) Average high temp 55.3 55.0 Average low temp 31.0 32.0 Overall average 43.2 43.5 Warmest high temperature 78 on the 22nd Coolest high temperature 35 on the 16th Mildest low temperature 49 on the 27th Coldest low temperature 18 on the 12th RECORDS SET: none PRECIPITATION Total melted precip (in) 1.01 2.36 Most in 24 hours .36 on the 19th SNOWFALL (in) 3.3 2.7 Most in 24 hours 1.3 on the 12th Seasonal snowfall (Oct-Apr) 28.1 45.6
