MONTHLY CLIMATOLOGICAL SUMMARY for APR. 2009 NAME: Charleswood CITY: Winnipeg STATE: MB ELEV: 235 m LAT: 49° 54' 00" N LONG: 97° 18' 00" W TEMPERATURE (°C), RAIN (mm), SNOW/SOG (cm), WIND SPEED (km/h) HEAT AVG MEAN DEG WIND DOM DAY TEMP HIGH TIME LOW TIME DAYS SNOW RAIN SPEED HIGH TIME DIR SOG ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 -1.1 0.2 4:00p -2.1 6:45a 19.4 5.0 0.0 4.2 27.4 8:30a N 30 2 -0.7 2.5 3:00p -2.5 4:30a 19.0 0.4 0.0 1.1 20.9 11:45a N 28 3 -0.7 1.2 2:30p -2.3 7:15a 18.9 TR 0.0 1.0 16.1 1:30p NNW 26 4 -1.3 2.4 2:30p -5.7 8:00a 19.6 0.0 0.0 2.6 25.7 3:45p N 24 5 -4.3 -0.4 6:30p -8.6 7:00a 22.6 0.0 0.0 5.5 38.6 4:30p N 22 6 -1.8 4.4 3:15p -7.6 7:00a 20.1 0.0 0.0 2.3 27.4 4:00p N 20 7 -1.7 3.1 4:45p -6.9 6:45a 20.0 0.0 0.0 2.7 27.4 11:45a SSW 15 8 1.4 6.6 2:00p -3.4 12:15a 16.9 0.0 0.0 2.3 33.8 2:00p N 12 9 -0.9 3.5 3:45p -4.7 3:15a 19.2 0.0 0.0 2.6 22.5 1:30p N 9 10 0.4 6.7 3:30p -6.7 7:15a 17.9 0.0 0.0 0.8 16.1 3:45p N 7 11 4.1 10.1 4:15p -2.4 5:30a 14.2 0.0 0.0 2.6 27.4 2:15p SSW 5 12 6.6 10.2 3:45p 4.6 7:00a 11.7 0.0 5.6 5.1 33.8 9:15p S 2 13 6.3 7.3 5:15p 5.2 7:45a 11.9 0.0 3.8 5.0 38.6 3:15a SSW T 14 10.0 16.7 5:45p 3.7 7:30a 8.3 0.0 0.0 1.8 27.4 6:00p SSW 15 11.8 17.8 4:15p 5.9 6:45a 6.5 0.0 0.0 5.6 38.6 3:00p SSW 16 10.9 14.6 3:15p 7.5 7:15a 7.4 0.0 TR 4.0 38.6 2:45p SSW 17 4.1 11.4 12:15a 0.3 12:00m 14.2 0.0 0.0 1.8 27.4 12:30p N 18 0.7 2.5 5:00p -1.6 7:00a 17.6 TR 0.0 3.7 27.4 5:15a N 19 2.6 5.3 2:45p -0.1 5:45a 15.7 0.0 1.8 1.0 17.7 11:45p SW 20 4.7 10.9 5:30p 0.7 12:00m 13.6 0.0 0.0 3.9 29.0 2:15p N 21 6.2 16.8 2:00p -2.8 6:30a 12.1 0.0 0.0 3.9 40.2 4:00p N 22 4.6 11.2 4:15p -3.6 7:00a 13.7 0.0 0.0 1.4 22.5 3:15p SSW 23 8.6 14.9 1:00p 4.7 12:00m 9.7 0.0 TR 4.8 45.1 3:15p N 24 2.5 5.4 3:45p -3.1 12:00m 15.8 0.0 0.0 4.7 35.4 3:15a N 25 4.5 12.3 4:15p -4.0 1:15a 13.8 TR 0.0 2.3 32.2 8:00a SSW 26 6.2 11.6 12:30p -0.3 7:00a 12.1 0.0 0.0 0.8 22.5 5:30p NE 27 6.6 13.0 4:00p 1.9 12:00m 11.7 0.0 0.5 3.7 41.8 1:15p N 28 7.3 14.8 4:15p -0.8 6:45a 11.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 30.6 4:15p N 29 9.7 16.2 1:15p 6.0 9:30p 8.6 0.0 2.8 1.3 29.0 5:45p ENE 30 7.1 11.9 3:30p 3.9 9:00a 11.2 0.0 7.6 8.2 46.7 2:30p N ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3.8 17.8 15 -8.6 5 434.5 5.4 22.1 3.0 46.7 30 N APRIL 2009 HIGHLIGHTS.. - monthly mean of 3.3C at YWG airport, 0.7C below normal for the month - 5th month in a row below normal - monthly mean of 3.8C at my site.. same as April 2008 - monthly max only 18C.. first time since 1997 that 20C wasn't reached in April - month started off with a 13 cm snowfall Mar 31st-April 1st - snow on ground until April 13th - monthly precipitation near normal, 28 mm total at my location, 34 mm at YWG airport (normal 32 mm) - major Red River flood year.. second worst on record past 100 years, second only to 1997