Ithaca Climate Summary for April 1999

Temperature

• With an average temperature of 43.4 degrees, the month of April 1999 averaged 0.4 degrees cooler than normal.
• This April was 2.9 degrees cooler than last April.
• The warmest temperature of the month was 76 degrees on the 3rd.
• The coldest temperature of the month was 21 degrees on the 5th and 11th.

Precipitation

• April precipitation totalled 2.22 inches, which was 76% of normal.
• Year-to-date precipitation is 1.18 inches ahead of normal.
• The month ended with a string of 6 consecutive days with no rain. This string continued into May.

Snowfall

• There was no measureable snowfall this April (although there was a trace on the 12th). The normal April amount is 3.9 inches.
• This was the second year in a row with no April snowfall. Prior to 1998, the last time Ithaca had a snowless April was 1984.
• Seasonal snowfall stands at 64 inches, which is 3 inches less than the normal.