911 CXUS51 KCTP 011000 CLMMDT PHLCLMMDT 000 TTAA00 KCTP 010935 CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 559 AM EDT WED MAY 1 2013 ................................... ...THE HARRISBURG PA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL 2013... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1888 TO 2013 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR'S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 93 04/22/1985 04/25/1915 LOW 11 04/01/1923 HIGHEST 85 04/10 86 04/16 LOWEST 25 04/04 33 04/06 AVG. MAXIMUM 63.3 62.4 0.9 63.3 AVG. MINIMUM 42.4 41.9 0.5 42.2 MEAN 52.8 52.2 0.6 52.8 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.1 -0.1 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 4 2.4 1.6 0 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 9.46 2011 MINIMUM 0.45 1985 TOTALS 2.20 3.10 -0.90 1.87 DAILY AVG. 0.07 0.10 -0.03 0.06 DAYS >= .01 10 10.8 -0.8 9 DAYS >= .10 5 6.5 -1.5 3 DAYS >= .50 3 2.3 0.7 1 DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.9 -0.9 1 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.81 04/19 TO 04/20 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 18.0 1894 TOTALS T 0.4 -0.4 0.0 SINCE 7/1 17.0 30.6 -13.6 12.5 SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 MM MM 0 DAYS >= 1.0 0 0.1 -0.1 0 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 0 MM 0 MM 24 HR TOTAL T 04/02 TO 04/02 DEGREE_DAYS HEATING TOTAL 365 392 -27 366 SINCE 7/1 4965 5103 -138 4245 COOLING TOTAL 7 6 1 6 SINCE 1/1 7 7 0 7 ................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.0 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 38/270 DATE 04/19 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 55/270 DATE 04/19 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.60 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 6 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 14 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 10 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 58 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 2 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 3 RAIN 3 LIGHT RAIN 14 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 1 SLEET 0 FOG 9 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 1 HAZE 7 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && THERE WAS NO RECORDS TIED OR BROKEN AT HARRISBURG DURING THE MONTH OF APRIL. $$ MARTIN