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     TRI  2.84  -0.39 0.71  5 1.16 27-28 10 0 13.76     T 14  1  0     T   4.0 30.34  2 29.65  12        2400
     DAV  5.75        0.94 20            18 0 24.93   3.1 14  8  3   5.5 154.7                           0700    

Virginia:

Annandale - Lowell sends these additional notes: " April was +2.6° warmer than average and +1.99 inches above average in precipitation and the second wettest April in the past 28 years and the wettest April since 1983 when the record of 8.65 inches occurred. April's mean monthly temperature was 58.07° and was the fifth warmest in the last 28 years. The lowest April minimum temperature was 35°, which was the highest monthly minimum since 1999 when the April minimum was only 38°. This is only the sixth time in the past 28 years that the minimum temperature stayed above the freezing mark for April. April had 14 days with measurable precipitation, which ties the 28-year record for the most precipitation days in April. On April 20th and 21st 3.07 inches or 55% of the month's rainfall occurred of which 2.59 inches of this rainfall fell in a 24 hour period which also set the April record for a 24-hour period. The previous April record was on April 14th and 15th 2007 when 2.57 inches occurred in 24 hours. (Records since June 1996) It was also the third cloudiest April on record in the past 28 years. The highest temperature range for the month was 42° a new April record on the 18th from a low of 47° to a high of 89°. This is also the highest daily temperature range recorded since January 19, 1996 when 44° was recorded; that is the 28-year record for this station for any month. The total frozen precipitation for April was only a trace from a little sleet mixed with rain on April 3rd. The maximum wind gust of 33 mph from the south was recorded on the 11th at 2217 hours. April DAILY Records Tied or Broken- (28-Years of records): 4 HIGH maximum temperature: 1, 10, 11, 18; 3 HIGH minimum temperature: 5, 11, 12; 2 HIGH range temperature: 17, 18; 2 LOW range temperature: 21, 27; 2 HIGH precipitation: 3, 20. " [ + + ] 

Arlington - From NWS WBC come these notes: " APRIL 2008 CONTINUED THE TREND OF ABOVE NORMAL MONTHLY TEMPERATURES. OVER THE LAST TWELVE MONTHS EVERY MONTHLY AVERAGE TEMPERATURE HAS BEEN ABOVE NORMAL. THE LAST MONTH OF BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES WAS APRIL 2007. THIS IS THE SECOND LONGEST STRETCH OF ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES DATING BACK TO 1872. THE LONGEST STRETCH WITH ABOVE NORMAL MONTHLY TEMPERATURES WAS NINETEEN MONTHS SPANNING FROM OCTOBER 1990 THROUGH APRIL 1992. APRIL 2008 PRECIPITATION WAS ABOVE NORMAL. NO SNOW WAS REPORTED AT DCA IN APRIL. SNOWFALL FOR THE ENTIRE SEASON TOTALED ONLY 4.9 INCHES ...WELL BELOW THE NORMAL OF 15.2 INCHES. " [ + + ] 

Bridgewater - " The heavy rains at the end of the month has brought the yearly average to near normal. The ponds and rivers are beginning to recover from the long dry spell. The snowfall for the winter was only 6.3 inches, which was much below normal. We usually get around 22 inches. It was a boring winter! We had 2 thunderstorms during the month. " - [ + + ] - notes from Clayton

Centreville - Paul sends these notes: " Check the oarlocks guys; this is going to be a wet one. Entering the month of April, as we usually do right after March, a noticeable rain deficit of 3.02" was all too apparent. With a fairly consistent distribution of moisture for April though, we were able to welcome May with a slight surplus. Yeah, 0.09" is slight, but I'll take it... With 6.37" on the ground by the end of April, May flowers are a sure bet. Temperatures for April came in on the warm side with the monthly average 4.0° above the published 52.7° mark. The average high worked out at 66.5°, just 1.3° over the normal, and two days recording a monthly maximum of 88°; still pretty far away from the all time high of 93° set back in 1990. In the low department, we had a pair of 33°'s on the 4th and 16th; still a good distance away from a record low of 17° set back in 1985. Naturally the average low temperature made the headlines with 47.0° in the books; 6.8° below the 40.0° average low; the greatest deviation so far this year. Precipitation was a big player in typically sunny Centreville for April. Our 3.44" monthly average was exceeded by 2.93" yielding 6.37" for the month, which works out to 185% of normal. The greatest 24-hour amount was tallied on April 20th and 21st when 3.61" (3.97" for the full rain event) fell and accounted for 61% of our monthly total. Since August 2006 we have faced the new month with a rain deficit; not so for May 2008 with 0.09" showing in the surplus column. Pleasant sailing mates! " - [ + + ] - notes from Paul

Chantilly - Russ Topping reports: " Mild with a big rain event, to double our average rainfall. The average temperature was 2.9° above normal. Record high minimum temperatures occurred on the 11th (55.7°) and 21st (55.1°). Snowfall for the month was 0.4" below average, with no trace. Total snowfall for the season was 7.9". A trace of sleet fell on the 3rd. The last whimper of the winter of 2007-8. Record precipitation fell on the 3rd (0.73") and we had a tie for the record on the 20th (2.66"). Thunderstorms rumbled through on the 11th, 20th and 21st. Dense fog was observed on the 10th. *Please note, anemometer is currently partially obstructed from the southeast " - [ + +]

Dulles - from NWS Sterling (KLWX) come these notes: " APRIL 2008 CONTINUED THE TREND OF ABOVE NORMAL MONTHLY TEMPERATURES. OVER THE LAST TWELVE MONTHS EVERY MONTHLY AVERAGE TEMPERATURE HAS BEEN ABOVE NORMAL. THE LAST MONTH OF BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES WAS APRIL 2007. THIS IS THE SECOND LONGEST STRETCH OF ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES DATING BACK TO 1963. THE LONGEST STRETCH WITH ABOVE NORMAL MONTHLY TEMPERATURES WAS THIRTEEN MONTHS SPANNING FROM OCTOBER 1990 THROUGH OCTOBER 1991. APRIL 2008 PRECIPITATION WAS WELL ABOVE NORMAL WITH 6.22 INCHES OF RAIN RECORDED. THIS IS THE THIRD WETTEST APRIL DATING BACK TO 1963. NO SNOW FELL AT IAD THIS MONTH KEEPING THE SEASONAL TOTAL AT 6.5 INCHES...WELL BELOW THE NORMAL OF 21.2 INCHES. " - [ + + ]

Falls Church - from Windie in Falls Church: " April 2008 was a very wet month...a storm system on the 20th and 21st brought over 4 inches of rain to my area. My first 80-degree day occurred this month on the 11th . A system on the 3rd brought a brief period of sleet only amounting to a trace. " - [ M + ]

Herndon - Randy reports: " April was slightly above normal in temperature, and well above normal in precipitation. The precipitation fell on and off the entire month. One half of total rain fell between on the 20th and 21st when showers and thundershowers brought over 3.6 inches of rain. We received no snow during the month, but we did see some sleet on the 3rd. The total precip for the month was 6.33 inches which was over 3.6 inches above normal. For the year we have had 14.28 inches which is now one inch above normal. This is the first time we have been above normal in annual precipitation since Dec 06. As for the temperatures, the average high was about one degree below normal and low was slightly more than 1 degree above normal. The warm temperatures and frequent rainfall during the month has really brought out the spring flowers in all of their colors and I have to mow my grass more than once a week. " - [ + + ]

Ladysmith - Danny reports: " April temperatures finished slightly above normal, making it the 10th out of the last 12 months with above normal temperatures. Precipitation finished well above normal for just the 3rd time in the last 17 months, with the greatest differential above normal since November 2006. " - [ + + ]

New Market - Joy reports: " 2 record highs set on the 11th and 12th. " - [ + + ]

Norfolk - NWS AKQ makes these notes: "APRIL 2008 RANKS AS THE 10TH WETTEST ON RECORD AT NORFOLK. THE WETTEST APRIL ON RECORD WAS APRIL 1889...WHEN 11.87 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL. " - [ + + ] 

Portsmouth - " The recent month-to-month trend continues with a milder and wetter than normal April with the average temp 0.7° above normal. Rainfall was well ABOVE normal (only 158% of normal) by 2.03" Rainfall for the year-to-date is 12.65" which is 1.67" BELOW normal (88% of normal) STATION RECORDS: 12th - TEMPERATURE - Maximum Minimum 62° [previous 58ø 2001]; 12th - WIND - 38 mph [previous 33 mph 1988; 14th - TEMPERATURE - Minimum Maximum 52ø [previous 54ø 1988]; 21st - RAINFALL - 1.89" [previous 0.66" 1993]. " - [ + + ] 

Richmond - NWS AKQ reports these additional notes: " APRIL 2008 RANKS AS THE 3RD WETTEST APRIL ON RECORD. THE WETTEST APRIL ON RECORD WAS APRIL 1889...WHEN 8.89 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL. IN ADDITION...THE 2-DAY PERIOD FROM APRIL 20TH TO 21ST WAS THE SECOND WETTEST APRIL 2 DAY PERIOD ON RECORD. THE 4.81 INCHES OF RAIN THAT FELL IN THOSE 2 DAYS WAS EXCEEDED ONLY BY THE APRIL 17TH AND 18TH 1910 PERIOD...WHEN 5.52 INCHES OF RAIN FELL. " - [ + + ] 

Woodstock - Lauck sends these year-end notes: " "

North Carolina:

Greensboro - NWS Raleigh (RAH) reports: " ...CLIMATE RECORDS FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL 2008... 20TH... 0.97" OF PRECIPITATION BROKE THE OLD RECORD OF 0.51"... SET IN 1935. The above normal April temperatures at both Raleigh and Greensboro continued the trend of warmer than normal monthly temperatures since August 2007. At RDU, eight of the past nine months have been warmer than the 30-year statistical normal. Only November 2007 had temperatures that were slightly below normal. GSO has had nine straight warmer than normal months. Thirteen of the past fourteen months have been warmer than normal at RDU, and twelve of the past fourteen months have been warmer than normal at GSO The April 2008 North Carolina Weather Review is located here: http://www.erh.noaa.gov/rah/ncsummaries/MonthlySummary.Apr.2008.doc [when available]. " - [ + + ]

Raleigh - Bob sends these additional notes: " Warmest day so far with 86 degrees on the 18th and the 26th. Last freeze of the season (29 degrees) occurred on April 16th. There was no severe weather observed, however thunderstorms were observed on four days. " - [ + + ]

Raleigh - NWS Raleigh (RAH) reports: " ...CLIMATE RECORDS FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL... 5TH...LOW OF 60 BROKE THE RECORD OF WARMEST LOW OF 58... SET IN 1985. 20TH...0.43" OF PRECIPITATION BROKE THE OLD RECORD OF 0.39"... SET IN 1982. 27TH... LOW OF 63 TIED THE RECORD OF WARMEST LOW... PREVIOUSLY SET IN 2007/1954. The above normal April temperatures at both Raleigh and Greensboro continued the trend of warmer than normal monthly temperatures since August 2007. At RDU, eight of the past nine months have been warmer than the 30-year statistical normal. Only November 2007 had temperatures that were slightly below normal. GSO has had nine straight warmer than normal months. Thirteen of the past fourteen months have been warmer than normal at RDU, and twelve of the past fourteen months have been warmer than normal at GSO Above normal rainfall continued throughout much of central North Carolina in April 2008. Extreme to exceptional drought conditions continued to lessen and reservoirs began to fill. Temperatures were generally slightly above normal. There were several periods of significant rains across North Carolina during April. These rain events were spaced rather evenly throughout the month, with the heaviest rainfall totals coming on or around April 3-6, April 12-13, April 19-23, and April 27-28. The April rainfall totals generally ranged between 4 and 8 inches across the majority of the state, lowering to between 2 and 4 inches over the southwestern Mountains. These totals were generally 1 to 3 inches above normal over most of the state, except near to slightly below normal over the southwest. Those areas greatly benefiting from the above normal rainfall in April included Greensboro, which totaled 5.45 inches of rain (2.02 inches above normal), and Durham, which totaled 7.27 inches of rainfall (nearly 4 inches above normal). The southwestern Mountains and the southern Coastal Area were the driest areas in the state, where the majority of locations reported below normal rainfall totals. These locations included Cherokee, Asheville, and Wilmington. Cherokee reported 2.17 inches, which was about 1.5 inches below normal. April 2008 average monthly temperatures generally turned out to be very near the 30-year normal. Charlotte and Elizabeth City averaged slightly below normal, while the majority of the official reporting sites averaged slightly above normal. In central North Carolina, Raleigh-Durham (RDU) averaged 60.3 degrees for April 2008, which was 1.2 degrees above normal. There were no daily record temperatures set this month at RDU. Greensboro (GSO) averaged 57.6 degrees in April, which was 0.5 degrees above normal. There was no daily record temperatures set this month at GSO. A late season frost/freeze event occurred across portions of the Sandhills and Coastal Plain on April 16, 2008. The April 2008 North Carolina Weather Review is located here: http://www.erh.noaa.gov/rah/ncsummaries/MonthlySummary.Apr.2008.doc [when available]. " - [ + + ]

Nearby Cities:

Tri-Cities - NWS Morristown, TN (MRX) reports: " Tri-Cities received 2.84 inches of rain in April, which was 0.39 inches below normal. It ranked as the 27th driest April on record at Tri-Cities. Measurable rain occurred on only ten days, and only four of those days had more than one-quarter of an inch. The heaviest rain fell on the 5th, when 0.71 inches of rain was reported. The driest April of the 71 years of observations taken at Tri-Cities, was back in 1976 when only 0.21 inches was recorded. The monthly-averaged temperature at Tri-Cities was 56.0 degrees, which was 1.4 degrees above normal. It ranked in the middle one-third of observations taken in April at Tri-Cities. A low temperature record was tied on the 16th when the overnight low dipped to 27 degrees, tying the previous record set in 1950. In addition, a low temperature record was broken on the last day of the month when the thermometer reading fell to 30 degrees, breaking the previous record of 30 degrees set in 1964. The warmest April at Tri-Cities was back in 1954, when the average temperature was 61.8 degrees. " - [ + - ]