April Temperature/Precipitation (thru 2008) 
                Normals and Extremes for Galveston (1971-2000)
                     (Temperature Records from 1875)
                    (Precipitation Records from 1871)
                         (last update 5/2/08)

    ------------- TEMPERATURE -------------------   ---- PRECIPITATION -----
     NORMAL   RECORD     LOW     RECORD    HIGH      RECORD  CUMULATIVE PCPN 
    MAX MIN  MAX YEAR    MAX    MIN YEAR   MIN        PCPN    DAILY  YEARLY 
    ---------------------------------------------   ------------------------
 1  73  61   81  1935  56 1915  44  1931* 71 2008   2.15 1955  0.09   9.54 
 2  73  61   80  2006  56 1915  44  1915  71 2008*  3.25 1872  0.17   9.62 
 3  73  62   84  1998  58 1987  40  1936  72 2008*  1.36 1881  0.25   9.70 
 4  73  62   81  1890  58 1949  47  1920  72 1929   1.70 2007  0.33   9.78 
 5  74  62   90  1982  57 1987  41  1920  72 1935*  2.76 1992  0.41   9.86 
 
 6  74  63   84  1930  58 1898  47  1886  72 1967*  2.91 1934  0.49   9.94 
 7  74  63   86  1930  54 1939  41  2007* 73 1929*  1.48 1909  0.57  10.02 
 8  74  63   86  1998  44 1938  38  1938  74 1882   3.27 1878  0.65  10.10 
 9  74  63   82  1881  54 1928  41  1938  75 1882   2.77 1968  0.73  10.18 
10  74  63   83  1929* 45 1928  41  1928  74 1927   1.88 1926  0.81  10.26 
 
11  74  64   83  2007  58 1989  41  1928  75 1882   1.96 1884  0.89  10.34 
12  74  64   85  1943  56 1940  46  1940  74 1927   2.78 1901  0.97  10.42 
13  74  64   87  2005  55 1980  43  1940  74 2001*  8.10 1929  1.05  10.50 
14  74  64   82  1999  60 1959  43  1928  74 2001   3.05 1966  1.13  10.58 
15  75  64   85  1878  63 1893  41  1928  74 2001*  1.80 1954  1.21  10.66 

16  75  65   85  1972  62 1928  51  1928  75 1908   1.76 1912  1.29  10.74 
17  75  65   83  1918  65 1947  43  1921  75 1967*  4.99 1973  1.37  10.82 
18  76  65   85  1988  60 1901  44  1901  75 1908   3.80 1938  1.45  10.90 
19  76  65   83  1965  66 1983  48  1953  74 1927   3.18 1893  1.54  10.99 
20  76  66   83  2006  62 1907  52  1884  74 1972*  5.09 1977  1.63  11.08 

21  76  66   86  1987  61 1918  50  1899* 74 2002*  2.02 1890  1.72  11.17 
22  76  66   85  2006  60 1931  48  1884  75 1967*  9.22 1904  1.81  11.26 
23  76  67   86  1971  65 1982* 50  1884  76 1967*  2.64 1885  1.90  11.35 
24  77  67   87  1955  65 1982  54  1877  76 1967   2.75 1926  1.99  11.44 
25  77  67   87  2003* 69 2005  45  1910  76 2006*  2.82 1997  2.08  11.53 

26  77  67   84  1898  65 1947* 57  1911  76 1994   2.88 1911  2.17  11.62 
27  77  68   86  1933  65 1997  52  1920  76 2002*  4.32 1914  2.26  11.71 
28  78  68   87  1987  69 1941* 56  1997  76 2002*  5.40 1941  2.36  11.81 
29  78  68   84  2006* 67 1877  53  1908  77 2002   5.00 1988  2.46  11.91 
30  78  68   92  1953  57 1925  46  1925  76 2002*  1.72 1931  2.56  12.01 

* indicates a record that has been tied on a previous year

APRIL Normals
MEAN TEMPERATURE......70.0F
MEAN PRECIPITATION....2.56"
HEATING DEGREE DAYS...16
COOLING DEGREE DAYS...145 
 
ALLTIME APRIL RECORDS:  
HIGH   92  04/30/1953    
LOW    38  04/08/1938