000 CXUS51 KPHI 011712 CLMABE CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 112 PM EDT THU MAY 1 2008 ................................... ...THE ALLENTOWN CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL 2008... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1894 TO 2008 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR'S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 94 10/07/5881 10/07/5881 10/07/5881 LOW 12 10/07/5881 10/07/5881 10/07/5881 HIGHEST 84 82 2 84 LOWEST 22 26 -4 24 AVG. MAXIMUM 64.1 60.1 4.0 57.4 AVG. MINIMUM 40.6 37.8 2.8 37.7 MEAN 52.3 49.0 3.3 47.5 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.2 -0.2 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 6 5.8 0.2 7 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 10.09 1952 MINIMUM 0.61 1985 TOTALS 2.89 3.49 -0.60 5.89 DAILY AVG. 0.10 0.12 -0.02 0.20 DAYS >= .01 9 11.3 -2.3 13 DAYS >= .10 6 6.6 -0.6 9 DAYS >= .50 1 2.7 -1.7 2 DAYS >= 1.00 1 0.9 0.1 1 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 1.61 04/27 TO 04/28 2.89 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL T 5 0 -26215 24 HR TOTAL MM TOTALS TR 0.8 -0.8 T SINCE 7/1 21.2 32.3 -11.1 23.0 SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 MM MM 0 DAYS >= 1.0 0 0.2 -0.2 0 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 0 MM 0 MM 24 HR TOTAL T 04/03 TO 04/03 T DEGREE_DAYS HEATING TOTAL 373 470 -97 519 SINCE 7/1 5116 5599 -483 5266 COOLING TOTAL 1 6 -5 0 SINCE 1/1 1 6 -5 0 ................................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.8 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 31/290 DATE 04/02 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 38/310 DATE 04/02 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 14 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 9 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 7 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 61 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 1 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 2 RAIN 6 LIGHT RAIN 11 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 1 FOG 11 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 0 HAZE 5 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$