Ithaca Climate Summary for April 2004

Temperature

• With an average temperature of 44.5 degrees, the month averaged 0.7 degrees warmer than normal.
• This was 2 degrees warmer than last April.
• The warmest temperature of the month was 82 degrees on the 29th.
• The coldest temperature of the month was 19 degrees on the 5th.

Precipitation

• The April precipitation total was 4.30 inches, which was 131% of normal.
• This was the wettest April since 2000.
• This was the first month since December that was wetter than normal.

Snowfall

• April snowfall totaled just 1.9 inches, which was about half of normal.
• This month's snowfall came from a single event recorded on the 5th.
• The last three months have each had below normal snowfall.
• Seasonal snowfall for Ithaca now stands at 73.6 inches, 5.6 inches above normal.