MONTHLY CLIMATOLOGICAL SUMMARY for APRIL 2010 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 7.1 13.5 1:30p 0.8 7:30a 11.2 0.0 0.0 0.3 30.6 10:00p SSW 2 4.3 9.0 12:30a 1.2 11:30p 14.0 0.0 6.9 10.6 48.3 11:00a N 3 4.0 10.2 5:00p 0.2 3:00a 14.3 2.0 1.0 3.4 38.6 1:15p N 1 4 7.0 16.4 4:15p -0.6 4:15a 11.2 0.0 0.0 3.1 33.8 1:45p SSW 5 8.2 15.9 4:15p 1.3 7:15a 10.1 0.0 0.0 0.6 20.9 4:45p SW 6 5.1 11.8 3:00p -1.4 6:00a 13.2 0.0 0.0 2.4 33.8 5:45p N 7 3.2 9.9 3:30p -2.8 7:15a 15.1 0.0 0.0 1.3 17.7 12:45p N 8 4.5 12.7 4:00p -3.8 6:30a 13.8 0.0 0.0 1.0 25.7 11:00a SSW 9 6.9 13.8 3:30p 2.4 11:30p 11.4 0.0 0.0 2.7 38.6 5:00p SSW 10 5.7 13.1 3:45p -2.0 5:15a 12.6 0.0 0.0 1.3 35.4 5:00p SW 11 3.7 10.6 2:30p -2.3 4:45a 14.6 0.0 0.0 1.1 27.4 12:30p N 12 7.2 12.8 4:15p 2.5 7:00a 11.1 0.0 0.0 1.4 25.7 3:30p NE 13 10.1 14.8 3:45p 6.1 5:00a 8.2 0.0 0.0 1.3 30.6 3:30p ENE 14 15.9 21.3 4:00p 12.3 12:15a 2.9 0.0 0.0 8.9 46.7 3:45p SSW 15 7.8 12.5 12:15a 2.8 12:00m 10.5 0.0 TR 3.5 49.9 3:15p N 16 7.1 15.5 4:00p -1.4 6:30a 11.2 0.0 0.0 2.6 29.0 11:00a N 17 9.9 20.9 4:15p -1.8 6:45a 8.8 0.0 0.0 0.3 20.9 4:30p SW 18 11.8 21.7 4:15p -0.1 6:15a 7.3 0.0 0.0 1.8 29.0 2:15p SSW 19 13.8 24.3 4:00p 1.3 6:45a 6.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 16.1 5:30p ENE 20 10.4 15.8 3:30p 4.4 6:45a 7.9 0.0 0.0 4.8 30.6 6:00p N 21 8.6 16.4 3:45p 1.7 7:00a 9.7 0.0 0.0 0.3 17.7 5:15p NE 22 11.9 23.7 3:45p -0.9 6:30a 7.5 0.0 0.0 0.6 22.5 12:30p NNW 23 15.0 25.0 4:00p 2.8 6:30a 5.2 0.0 0.0 0.8 27.4 12:15p S 24 13.4 19.4 4:45p 8.1 7:30a 4.9 0.0 0.0 3.2 33.8 9:45a N 25 13.8 19.9 2:45p 6.2 6:45a 4.6 0.0 0.0 1.1 29.0 11:30a SSW 26 12.6 19.1 4:00p 6.6 7:15a 5.7 0.0 0.0 2.3 20.9 7:15a N 27 12.3 21.6 4:00p 1.8 6:15a 6.5 0.0 0.0 0.6 20.9 1:15p WSW 28 13.7 20.8 2:45p 5.8 6:45a 4.9 0.0 0.5 3.4 45.1 6:15p WSW 29 11.4 14.8 12:15a 8.8 3:00p 6.9 0.0 16.0 1.0 20.9 12:30a ENE 30 9.8 11.7 3:45p 8.2 11:45p 8.4 0.0 9.4 0.3 16.1 5:15a SSE ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9.2 25.0 23 -3.8 8 279.6 2.0 33.8 2.2 49.9 15 N ..APRIL 2010 HIGHLIGHTS.. ..Warm and dry.. The warm and dry conditions experienced in March continued through April over southern Manitoba with plenty of sunshine and ideal spring weather. The big story was the dryness, with no measurable precipitation recorded between the 3rd and the 27th. A storm system at the end of the month brought over 25 mm of much needed rain to Winnipeg and southern Manitoba, as soil conditions were becoming very dry in the prolonged dry spell. The month actually ended up with slightly above average precipitation (36 mm vs 31 mm), but that statistic fails to represent the extreme dryness experienced in April. There were frequent sunny days with low humidity, making for ideal conditions for outdoor activities. The sunny dry weather helped boost the monthly temperature average to 8.3C at the airport, over 4 degrees above the normal of +4.0C. This makes April 2010 the 9th mildest April in Winnipeg since records began in 1872. Overall, an ideal spring month with some beneficial rain at the end..