MONTHLY CLIMATOLOGICAL SUMMARY for APR. 2006 NAME: Charleswood CITY: Winnipeg STATE: MB ELEV: 235 m LAT: 49° 54' 00" N LONG: 97° 18' 00" W TEMPERATURE (°C), RAIN (mm), WIND SPEED (km/h) HEAT COOL AVG MEAN DEG DEG WIND DOM DAY TEMP HIGH TIME LOW TIME DAYS DAYS RAIN SPEED HIGH TIME DIR SOG ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 0.9 5.5 3:15p -5.3 4:15a 17.4 0.0 0.0 3.9 29.0 2:45p S 5 2 2.5 6.3 3:00p -1.4 12:00m 14.0 0.0 0.0 6.8 41.8 6:00p N 3 3 -0.4 3.8 4:00p -3.7 11:30p 17.9 0.0 0.0 4.5 29.0 12:15p N 2 4 0.8 7.9 4:15p -7.6 6:45a 17.5 0.0 0.0 4.2 29.0 2:30p SSW T 5 7.1 14.5 3:15p -1.4 1:45a 11.2 0.0 0.0 1.8 16.1 6:15p SSW T 6 4.2 9.4 12:15p -0.9 12:00m 14.1 0.0 0.0 11.4 46.7 2:15p N 7 -0.3 4.7 4:30p -4.0 7:15a 18.6 0.0 0.0 10.3 35.4 3:45a N 8 2.2 9.7 5:15p -5.8 5:30a 16.2 0.0 0.0 5.8 32.2 1:45p SSW 9 8.2 16.4 4:15p 1.5 7:00a 10.1 0.0 0.3 3.9 32.2 5:00p SSE 10 11.9 19.4 4:15p 4.4 7:45a 5.6 0.1 1.3 1.9 19.3 2:00a SSW 11 11.3 15.7 2:45p 7.3 11:00p 6.7 0.0 13.7 5.5 33.8 10:45a N 12 10.1 12.3 5:00p 6.4 7:30a 2.2 0.0 1.8 1.6 30.6 4:30p N 13 13.6 18.3 6:30p 1.8 8:00a 0.9 0.0 0.0 0.5 16.1 6:45p SSW 14 13.2 17.3 3:45p 4.4 7:45a 2.8 0.0 0.0 1.0 19.3 1:15p SSE 15 16.8 22.9 4:30p 10.4 7:00a 2.7 1.2 0.0 6.9 35.4 3:30p S 16 17.2 23.1 4:45p 13.1 7:45a 2.2 1.1 0.0 7.7 45.1 4:45p SSW 17 15.6 21.1 4:00p 10.4 7:30a 3.1 0.4 0.0 9.0 53.1 2:30p SSW 18 15.1 19.2 7:00p 10.4 6:15a 3.3 0.1 0.0 4.2 27.4 5:30a SSE 19 11.2 14.6 12:15a 8.7 12:00m 7.1 0.0 0.5 2.7 25.7 5:15p ENE 20 12.4 19.9 2:15p 5.6 4:45a 5.9 0.1 0.0 3.7 30.6 4:00p NE 21 13.7 21.4 4:00p 5.3 6:45a 5.1 0.5 0.0 4.0 33.8 12:00p N 22 14.2 23.6 3:00p 4.6 7:00a 5.2 1.1 0.0 1.3 19.3 10:45a SSW 23 11.2 23.2 2:45p 1.6 11:30p 7.7 0.6 0.0 6.9 48.3 7:45p N 24 4.2 10.3 4:30p -0.8 5:00a 14.1 0.0 0.0 13.2 49.9 3:15a N 25 9.5 19.3 3:45p -1.5 3:30a 8.8 0.0 0.0 2.1 30.6 2:00p NW 26 12.9 22.6 4:00p 4.6 6:45a 6.0 0.7 0.0 3.2 27.4 6:00p N 27 14.4 22.3 3:15p 5.6 6:30a 4.8 0.9 0.0 3.2 45.1 9:30p SSE 28 13.8 20.5 3:30p 9.7 8:15a 4.6 0.2 0.3 2.3 29.0 6:15p S 29 12.1 16.1 2:45p 9.9 6:45a 6.3 0.0 0.0 2.4 27.4 4:30p ENE 30 11.1 14.5 11:15a 8.4 5:30a 7.1 0.0 3.3 2.3 22.5 9:30a ENE ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9.7 23.6 22 -7.6 4 249.3 6.8 21.1 4.6 53.1 17 N ..April 2006 Highlights.. ..warmest April since 1915.. second warmest April on record (since 1872).. - very mild month, averaging over 5 degrees above normal at Winnipeg airport - mean of 9.4C second mildest April on record, just behind April 1915 (9.5c) - only 2 days below normal - dry with only 21 mm of rain for the month (average is 32 mm) - lots of sunny dry days with low humidity allowed for less extensive flooding of Red River - trees and vegetation some 2 weeks ahead of schedule