MONTHLY CLIMATOLOGICAL SUMMARY for APR. 2013 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 AVG MEAN DEG WIND DOM DAY TEMP HIGH TIME LOW TIME DAYS RAIN SNOW SPEED HIGH TIME DIR SOG ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 -7.6 -0.2 3:45p -16.2 6:00a 25.8 0.0 0.0 4.8 27.4 5:45p WNW 40 2 -6.6 -0.9 3:45p -12.5 6:30a 24.9 0.0 0.0 3.2 17.7 8:45a NW 39 3 -3.3 3.6 6:45p -10.6 3:15a 21.6 0.0 0.0 11.3 56.3 10:30a SSW 38 4 -3.4 -0.1 12:15a -9.1 12:00m 21.7 0.0 0.0 5.1 29.0 8:45a NW 38 5 -5.4 0.8 3:30p -14.3 6:45a 23.8 0.0 0.0 3.7 25.7 1:00p SE 37 6 0.3 3.4 5:30p -1.8 12:15a 18.0 0.0 1.0 4.5 32.2 5:30p E 39 7 -2.4 0.8 12:00p -6.3 12:00m 20.7 0.0 1.0 4.3 27.4 9:00p NNE 37 8 -6.9 -2.9 2:45p -11.6 12:00m 25.2 0.0 3.0 8.9 35.4 2:15p NW 39 9 -7.4 0.9 6:30p -15.8 5:30a 25.7 0.0 0.0 2.9 20.9 1:00a NW 39 10 -3.2 5.1 2:15p -12.8 5:30a 21.5 0.0 0.0 2.4 20.9 2:45p NNE 38 11 0.3 6.1 5:15p -4.8 3:45a 18.0 0.0 0.0 5.5 33.8 1:15p ENE 36 12 1.3 3.9 2:30p -1.5 12:00m 17.0 0.0 TR 3.9 25.7 2:00a N 34 13 -0.8 4.7 4:15p -7.8 7:00a 19.1 0.0 0.0 2.6 22.5 10:00a N 33 14 0.8 6.2 5:30p -7.6 4:45a 17.5 0.0 0.0 6.3 35.4 6:15p NNE 31 15 0.1 2.2 12:15a -1.1 9:30p 18.2 0.0 7.8 10.6 40.2 3:15p NNE 30 16 -0.3 3.3 6:45p -2.8 6:45a 17.6 0.0 0.0 5.5 29.0 10:15a N 30 17 1.4 5.1 2:00p -2.5 6:15a 11.5 0.0 TR 1.0 16.1 2:00p NW 27 18 1.5 5.8 4:15p -2.3 12:30a 16.8 0.0 0.0 6.0 33.8 4:45p N 25 19 -1.2 2.7 4:15p -4.7 7:15a 19.5 0.0 0.0 8.5 41.8 4:15p N 22 20 -3.2 2.3 3:15p -11.6 7:00a 21.5 0.0 0.0 4.2 27.4 5:30p SSW 20 21 0.6 4.8 4:00p -1.3 12:15a 17.7 0.0 2.2 11.6 43.5 5:30p S 18 22 -1.1 2.7 5:30p -4.7 7:00a 19.3 0.0 0.0 6.6 32.2 5:30a W 15 23 -1.6 4.4 2:45p -8.8 6:30a 19.8 0.0 0.0 3.7 27.4 3:15p SSW 14 24 0.2 6.2 3:00p -4.7 6:15a 18.1 0.0 TR 4.2 35.4 4:30p SSW 10 25 0.3 4.9 5:30p -6.8 6:15a 18.0 0.0 0.0 7.6 46.7 4:15p SSW 7 26 7.3 14.4 4:30p 0.8 5:15a 11.0 0.0 0.0 6.1 25.7 1:00a S 3 27 9.1 15.9 5:00p 3.9 6:00a 9.2 0.0 0.0 8.0 35.4 12:45p S T 28 9.8 17.4 3:30p 3.6 12:00m 8.5 0.0 0.0 8.0 46.7 4:45p S 29 5.4 11.6 2:00p -3.0 6:15a 12.7 3.0 0.0 6.1 38.6 3:45p S 30 3.3 7.6 12:15p -2.1 8:15p 14.9 13.5 0.0 6.8 43.5 7:00p NNE ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -0.4 17.4 28 -16.2 1 554.9 16.5 15.0 5.8 56.3 3 N ..APRIL 2013 HIGHLIGHTS.. Coldest April in over a century.. 3rd coldest since 1872. - monthly mean of -2.1C was over 6C below normal, coldest April in 106 years - ties April 1907 as 3rd coldest April on record - every day but 3 were below normal, month was more like March than April - latest date on record to hit first +5C of the year.. April 24th at YWG airport - first double digit high on the 26th was 2nd latest date on record to hit 10C or more - high of 15C on 26th ended 46-day streak of consecutive days below normal starting Mar 10th - snowcover until Apr 26th.. one of latest melts on record - precipitation was generally near normal.. good news to keep flood threat down - growing season a good 4 weeks behind normal