Ithaca Climate Summary for April 1995

Temperature

• The average temperature for April was 40.4 degrees. This was 3.6 degrees cooler than normal and the coolest March since 1975.
• The warmest temperature of the month was 74 degrees on the 28th.
• The coldest temperature occurred on the 10th, when the temperature fell to 12 degrees.
  
  

Precipitation

• The April precipitation total was 2.18 inches, which is 61% of normal.
• This April's precipitation was roughly a third (35%) of last year's April amount.
• This was the third month in a row with below normal precipitation, yielding a three-month deficit of 2.08 inches
• This was the driest April and the driest January-April period since 1989.
  
  

Snowfall

• The monthly snowfall total was 2.1 inches. The April normal is 3.9 inches.
• Each month from October through April had below normal snowfall.
• The seasonal total of 40.7 inches is more than two feet (26.2 inches) below normal.
• This season total is the lowest since 1979-80 with 40.3 inches. You have to look back to 1952-53 to find another winter this low (40.2 inches).