Coldest April on record?

[reneeh63]

Originally Posted by Genghis

It's colder than average in Chicago, but this is not really that unusual. I've lived in Chicago since 2008 and there have been colder Aprils for sure. According to the National Weather Service, April 2022 has been 3.0 degrees below normal, which is isn't that much of a departure. April 2018 ended out 8.5 degrees below normal for the month with 7 days with measurable snow. That was probably the most annoying April since I moved here. On the plus side, May 2018 ended out 5.5 degrees above normal, so a cold April doesn't mean anything for May. Be patient

Haha - it is hard to be patient after a Chicago winter...and Marches are always cold, damp, and windy so you really want and need a "decent" April.

And I don't like going straight into 80+ degree summer weather - I love, love, love the 65 - 75 sunny, breezy (NOT windy!) days of spring.

[error-404]

Originally Posted by Cambium

I looked at Des Moines Iowa and not even Top 10 even though they are in the -6 to -9 below normal range here.

Great Falls Montana is interesting though! 8th coldest April 1-22 period since 1892.
2020 was 5th coldest. 2018 was 6th coldest!

For where I live, the values average out to 9.8ºC for 4/1-4/21, which is warm but not exceptionally so, given that April averages typically are ~8ºC. It felt weirder though because it's been quite dry for the month (<1cm, when the average is 5-6cm), leading to no accumulating snow.

Things have been weird here, with February averaging below 0ºC with an extreme low of -23ºC, and then things quickly warming up into the spring.

I don't like going straight into summer weather either, thankfully the spring is always complicated here. We've only had one warm night so far (14ºC on 4/21), and June can see both 37ºC highs and 15ºC highs; only later in the summer do things get boring.

[yrageel529]

So depressing......the trees are still in early bud stage and its almost May.

[ToyStatistics]

Weather conditions in the United States of America, May 4th Map:

[Pincho-toot]

It was the second coldest April that I have experienced in Minnesota. The coldest was 2018 which had an average of 47/28 versus this year 49/34. Very crummy but May is shaping up to be quite nice.