April 2014 Weather Summary

For the most part, it wasn't a bad month. Temperatures were good except for the last couple of days. Personally, I hate hitting 80 in April. We had some wet and dry stretches. It would have been better to spread out the rain.

Looking at the actual temperatures, we had one of our better Aprils. If you got rid of the final two days, we were having the best temperatures ever recorded for the month. Because of the heat at the end of the month and beginning of May, I almost forgot that most of the month was comfy.

10 Best Aprils through the 28th (Temperatures)
Rank	Month	Year	Score
1	April	2014	92.65%
2	April	1993	91.36%
3	April	1974	91.00%
4	April	2004	90.79%
5	April	2000	90.52%
6	April	1966	90.42%
7	April	1994	90.41%
8	April	1957	90.33%
9	April	1990	90.24%
10	April	1995	90.23%

Even through the 29th, we were at the top of the list. After the 30th, we dropped to 3rd. It's still a respectable month, but it could have been better.

10 Best Aprils Ever (Temperatures)
Rank	Month	Year	Score
1	April	1993	91.35%
2	April	1974	91.15%
3	April	2014	91.03%
4	April	1994	90.81%
5	April	1966	90.67%
6	April	1990	90.48%
7	April	2000	90.46%
8	April	1997	89.99%
9	April	2003	89.89%
10	April	1978	89.87%

When precipitation is taken into account, April wasn't quite as good. It was still above average but could have been better.

April Summary
Date	High	Low	Rain	Score
4/1	58˚	44˚	0"	65.32%
4/2	58˚	42˚	0"	63.82%
4/3	56˚	43˚	0.1"	95.25%
4/4	55˚	43˚	Trace	73.37%
4/5	53˚	46˚	0.18"	92.73%
4/6	57˚	47˚	0"	61.56%
4/7	70˚	49˚	0"	52.77%
4/8	60˚	47˚	0.18"	95.91%
4/9	58˚	44˚	0"	65.32%
4/10	59˚	44˚	0"	66.09%
4/11	63˚	41˚	0"	61.36%
4/12	61˚	46˚	0"	63.40%
4/13	69˚	42˚	0"	57.53%
4/14	68˚	42˚	0"	58.29%
4/15	58˚	46˚	0.02"	78.91%
4/16	52˚	48˚	0.43"	88.33%
4/17	53˚	45˚	0.73"	91.50%
4/18	58˚	42˚	0"	63.82%
4/19	53˚	42˚	0.54"	91.34%
4/20	60˚	42˚	0"	64.40%
4/21	63˚	46˚	0.2"	94.78%
4/22	54˚	41˚	0.56"	91.27%
4/23	53˚	43˚	0.35"	92.95%
4/24	57˚	43˚	0.49"	95.39%
4/25	58˚	42˚	0"	63.82%
4/26	59˚	42˚	0.13"	97.81%
4/27	52˚	43˚	0.27"	92.55%
4/28	61˚	40˚	0"	62.14%
4/29	77˚	49˚	0"	47.42%
4/30	82˚	49˚	0"	43.60%
Average/Final Score				74.42%

For more information on how scores have been generated, visit my blog post at:

http://maritimeorca0.blogspot.com/2012/03/follow-up-weather-index-in-excel.html

The Month of April Over the Years
Rank	Year	Score		Rank	Year	Score		Rank	Year	Score		Rank	Year	Score
1	1993	84.24%		18	1960	75.10%		35	1965	72.84%		51	1968	70.28%
2	1969	78.28%		19	1961	75.00%		36	2007	72.69%		52	1999	70.25%
3	1978	78.24%		20	2014	74.42%		37	2001	72.47%		53	1975	69.88%
4	1963	77.98%		21	1970	74.42%		38	1962	72.40%		54	1976	69.81%
5	2010	77.97%		22	1992	74.28%		39	1955	72.18%		55	1966	69.51%
6	2003	77.92%		23	1990	74.19%		40	1985	72.17%		56	1979	69.05%
7	1984	77.78%		24	2008	73.88%		41	1949	72.03%		57	1989	68.87%
8	2011	77.32%		25	1957	73.69%		42	1980	71.83%		58	2004	68.57%
9	1996	77.24%		26	1991	73.60%		43	2006	71.83%		59	1973	68.05%
10	2013	76.83%		27	1953	73.58%		44	2002	71.79%		60	1998	67.59%
11	2012	76.66%		28	1994	73.28%		45	1986	71.54%		61	1983	67.50%
12	1972	76.31%		29	2005	73.26%		46	2009	71.04%		62	1982	67.47%
13	1997	76.20%		30	1988	73.23%		47	1971	70.97%		63	1952	66.60%
14	1974	75.90%		31	1995	73.14%		48	1987	70.93%		64	1977	65.63%
15	1967	75.90%		32	2000	73.04%		49	1964	70.85%		65	1956	64.14%
16	1958	75.70%		33	1950	72.89%		50	1954	70.63%		66	1951	60.61%
17	1959	75.63%		34	1981	72.86%

Keep in mind that scores are based off of averages. These values are likely to shift a little over time.

Year to Date (Through April) Over the Years
Rank	Year	Score		Rank	Year	Score		Rank	Year	Score		Rank	Year	Score
1	2010	77.24%		18	1968	72.25%		35	1964	70.17%		51	1980	67.71%
2	1961	76.42%		19	2014	72.20%		36	2004	70.06%		52	1979	67.17%
3	1958	76.10%		20	1995	72.19%		37	1960	69.67%		53	1957	67.15%
4	1983	75.46%		21	1967	72.06%		38	2008	69.61%		54	1973	66.96%
5	1984	74.32%		22	2007	72.01%		39	1991	69.50%		55	1963	66.95%
6	1978	73.95%		23	1996	71.46%		40	1969	69.13%		56	2005	66.66%
7	2012	73.72%		24	1972	71.46%		41	1976	69.00%		57	1962	66.63%
8	2006	73.64%		25	1990	71.28%		42	1993	68.99%		58	1952	66.38%
9	1986	73.42%		26	1987	71.17%		43	1989	68.98%		59	1954	66.11%
10	1998	73.39%		27	1994	71.16%		44	1975	68.97%		60	1956	66.03%
11	2003	73.35%		28	1970	71.10%		45	1982	68.89%		61	1950	65.74%
12	1999	73.34%		29	1966	71.01%		46	2001	68.68%		62	1955	65.72%
13	1959	73.08%		30	2000	71.01%		47	2002	68.15%		63	2009	65.65%
14	2011	72.97%		31	1997	70.96%		48	1965	68.10%		64	1951	63.95%
15	1953	72.85%		32	1971	70.86%		49	1988	67.82%		65	1985	62.46%
16	1992	72.80%		33	2013	70.64%		50	1977	67.73%		66	1949	61.79%
17	1974	72.41%		34	1981	70.24%