- 11/5/2024 1:03:51 PM
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It's constantly a plus when we report a month with above-normal rains because there haven't been too many of them. That's what took place in April.
Typically Austin's 10th wettest month with simply 2.42″″, this April did far better with 4.18″″. Rain was determined(.01 ″ or more) 7 days. 2.43″ ″ of that 4.18 ″ was measured on April 6 and 7, putting Austin over the typical total extremely early in the month.
It's one of the most rain determined in April given that a most-welcomed 7.28″ ″ in
2019. April 2023 is the very first month with above-normal rain given that November 2022 when 4.14″ ″ was measured, a surplus of 1.22″″. And, it's the wettest month because 5.72″ ″ in August 2022.
Yes, August. The surplus of rain was insufficient to make even a damage in our ongoing drought
Not enough rain in April to relieve the dry spell.
The "generous" rains, nevertheless, included a heaping assisting of severe weather occasions, specifically the last week of the month.
Travis and Williamson counties saw the majority of the hail during the serious weather condition event on the afternoon of April 28. Thankfully, the month ended quietly with sunlight.
Temperatures were, in a way, 50-50 without any specific warmer-than-normal or cooler-than-normal. When the high temperature was above normal and 14 times when the high was below normal, there were 13 days A series of cold fronts was accountable for the ping-ponging of temperatures throughout the recently of the month.
April 2023 was simply a tad below typical.
The 91 ° to close the month brought the typical high to 79 °, only somewhat below typical by 1.3 °. The month closed with a typical of 68.5 °, simply a degree shy of typical.
Here's wishing for a wet, less stormy May.
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