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WEATHER REPORT - Clouds cover the Skagit Valley sky. April recorded nearly two-thirds of its monthly rainfall total in the last week of the month.
Daily rain the last week of April, 24-30, totaled 1.7 inches at the Washington State University weather station on Memorial Highway. One inch fell April 28 and 1.25 inches came down April 28-30. It was 64% of the month's rainfall of 2.6 inches.
While that was 3.7% under the century average of 2.7 inches, it was almost an inch more than in 2023 and the first year of over 2 inches of April rain since 2019. Still, this is the second month in a row of below-average precipitation. March's two inches was an inch below that month's century average.
There was a slug of rain April 6-9 totaling 0.6 inch but only eight of the 14 rain events were over one-tenth inch.
Temperatures were near 25-year norms, with the average daily low of 39.8 degrees 1.1 degrees below the average. The average daily high of 56.6 degrees was only 0.1 degrees below the century's average. The 49.3 degrees average daily temperature was also 1.1 degrees below the average temperature this century.
Mornings were coldest mid-month. The 32.4 degree April 19 was a record low for its date and the month's low temperature. The 34.5 degrees April 23 became that date's record low. The 32.7 degrees on April 1 was the second coldest morning but not a daily record. Frost was seen several mornings in La Conner.
The 72.4 degrees April 20 was the sole day over 70 degrees.
The daily average temperature topped 50 degrees a large handful of times, including the three day stretch of April 25-27 when April 26's 53.7 degrees was the month's warmest average day.
The rainy season ends with 2.4 inches of rain Jan.-April, a bit below the century average of 2.6 inches. January and February dumped more rain their the 25 year average for their months, while March an April were under their century averages.
The 4.7 inches of rain in 2018 is the most April precipitation this century, one of four years of over four inches.
Data are from Washington State University's Memorial Highway weather station in Mount Vernon.
Rain Report: April
Rain last week, April 28-May 4: 1.3
Rainfall in April: 2.6
Number of rain days: 14
Least rain, one day: 0.01, 2 days
Most rain, one day: 1.0, 28th
Least rain: 0.28, 2004
Most rain: 4.73, 2018
Average rainfall, 2000-2024: 2.6
Rainfall last month, March: 2.0
Totals in inches. Data from WSU Mount Vernon.
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