April, 2006 Warmest Ever for United States
The National Climatic Data Center has released the official temperature and rainfall rankings for April, and it turned out that it was the warmest April weather recorded for the US since recordkeeping began in 1895. For Georgia, it was the eighth warmest April on record, and the 31st driest April. Here are the rankings, courtesy of NOAA:
The country as a whole was 4.5 degrees above the long term April average temperature. 19 states recorded a top 5 temperature reading, with Texas and Oklahoma recording their warmest April ever.
As of this morning, the average temperature I’ve recorded for May is two degrees below what we saw in April. Of course, May has been cooler than normal, although this is going to change for the rest of the month. We could see the warmest temperature so far this year today, and it’s very likely that this will be the warmest day so far this month. The normal high temperature for this time of year is 80 degrees.
The medium term trend calls for a likely chance of continued warm weather through the next two weeks. The Weather Service’s long range outlook for June calls for equal chances of above or below normal temperatures and rainfall, although in South Georgia, it should be warmer than normal. For the summer months through the end of August, look for warmer than normal temperatures and equal chances of above-normal or below normal rainfall.
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