Ithaca Climate Summary for April 1997

Temperature

• With an average temperature of 40.9 degrees, the month of April was 3.1 degrees cooler than normal.
• The month averaged 1.4 degrees cooler than April 1996 and was the 2nd coldest April since 1975.
• The warmest reading of the month was 74 degrees and it occurred on the 6th and the 30th. These were the only two days that the temperature exceeded 65 degrees.
• The coldest temperature of the month was 16 degrees on the 9th.

Precipitation

• April followed the pattern of the previous three months of the year with drier than normal weather.
• The total precipitation for the month was 1.40 inches, which was less than half (48%) of the monthly normal.
• It was the driest April since 1975 and the 10th driest on record.

Snowfall

• The monthly snowfall total was 5.3 inches, which was 1.4 inches more than the April normal.
• Of this 5.3 inch total, 4.3 inches fell after the 8am observation time on March 31. Due to observational practices, however, this amount is included in the April total.
• The seasonal total now stands at 51.5 inches, which is 15.4 inches less than normal and less than half last winter's accumulation.
• The greatest depth of snow on the ground during the month was 5 inches on the 1st.