April 2015 Weather Summary

It was another warmer-than-average month. It wasn't quite as abnormal this time. This means that we didn't exceed temperatures for a good temperature score. In fact, this was the sixth best April in terms of temperature.

10 Best Aprils by Temperature
Rank	Month	Year	Score
1	April	1993	91.34%
2	April	1974	91.13%
3	April	2014	91.00%
4	April	1994	90.83%
5	April	1966	90.62%
6	April	2015	90.58%
7	April	2000	90.47%
8	April	1990	90.47%
9	April	1997	89.94%
10	April	2003	89.84%

Like previous months, we didn't score quite as well with the precipitation. This dropped us below the top ten again.

April Summary
Date	High	Low	Rain	Score
4/1	55˚	42˚	0.2"	94.33%
4/2	56˚	42˚	0"	62.20%
4/3	52˚	41˚	0.06"	82.14%
4/4	55˚	39˚	0"	59.18%
4/5	62˚	37˚	0"	59.13%
4/6	57˚	44˚	0.04"	84.01%
4/7	58˚	44˚	0.02"	80.56%
4/8	63˚	43˚	0"	62.87%
4/9	63˚	43˚	0"	62.87%
4/10	57˚	46˚	0.43"	94.70%
4/11	53˚	42˚	Trace	71.01%
4/12	56˚	42˚	0"	62.20%
4/13	53˚	39˚	0.55"	88.97%
4/14	53˚	37˚	0.13"	89.37%
4/15	57˚	38˚	0"	59.96%
4/16	64˚	39˚	0"	59.10%
4/17	66˚	43˚	0"	60.57%
4/18	66˚	47˚	0"	58.43%
4/19	70˚	47˚	0"	55.37%
4/20	73˚	46˚	0"	54.33%
4/21	63˚	44˚	0.22"	96.43%
4/22	60˚	41˚	0"	63.66%
4/23	54˚	44˚	0.12"	95.43%
4/24	54˚	43˚	0.13"	94.63%
4/25	56˚	42˚	0.05"	83.85%
4/26	60˚	40˚	Trace	74.02%
4/27	77˚	51˚	0.01"	58.22%
4/28	60˚	48˚	0.07"	87.65%
4/29	61˚	45˚	0"	64.77%
4/30	63˚	46˚	0"	61.98%
Average/Final Score				72.73%

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	84.23%		18	1960	75.07%		35	1965	72.81%		52	1968	70.24%
2	1969	78.22%		19	1961	74.95%		36	2015	72.73%		53	1999	70.20%
3	1978	78.20%		20	2014	74.41%		37	2007	72.67%		54	1975	69.82%
4	1963	77.94%		21	1970	74.36%		38	2001	72.43%		55	1976	69.77%
5	2010	77.93%		22	1992	74.30%		39	1962	72.35%		56	1966	69.47%
6	2003	77.89%		23	1990	74.18%		40	1985	72.14%		57	1979	69.03%
7	1984	77.71%		24	2008	73.82%		41	1955	72.12%		58	1989	68.89%
8	2011	77.25%		25	1957	73.66%		42	1949	71.99%		59	2004	68.58%
9	1996	77.22%		26	1991	73.56%		43	1980	71.83%		60	1973	68.01%
10	2013	76.81%		27	1953	73.54%		44	2006	71.80%		61	1998	67.55%
11	2012	76.66%		28	1994	73.29%		45	2002	71.76%		62	1983	67.49%
12	1972	76.26%		29	2005	73.25%		46	1986	71.49%		63	1982	67.42%
13	1997	76.16%		30	1988	73.21%		47	2009	71.00%		64	1952	66.56%
14	1974	75.89%		31	1995	73.13%		48	1987	70.93%		65	1977	65.63%
15	1967	75.83%		32	2000	73.04%		49	1971	70.92%		66	1956	64.12%
16	1958	75.65%		33	1981	72.84%		50	1964	70.79%		67	1951	60.58%
17	1959	75.59%		34	1950	72.83%		51	1954	70.57%

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	77.19%		18	2015	72.33%		35	1981	70.20%		52	1980	67.67%
2	1961	76.36%		19	1968	72.21%		36	1964	70.10%		53	1979	67.12%
3	1958	76.04%		20	2014	72.16%		37	2004	70.01%		54	1957	67.09%
4	1983	75.42%		21	1995	72.16%		38	1960	69.62%		55	1963	66.90%
5	1984	74.26%		22	1967	72.00%		39	2008	69.55%		56	1973	66.90%
6	1978	73.91%		23	2007	71.96%		40	1991	69.46%		57	2005	66.63%
7	2012	73.67%		24	1996	71.42%		41	1969	69.07%		58	1962	66.58%
8	2006	73.59%		25	1972	71.41%		42	1993	68.95%		59	1952	66.33%
9	1986	73.37%		26	1990	71.24%		43	1976	68.95%		60	1954	66.04%
10	1998	73.34%		27	1987	71.14%		44	1989	68.94%		61	1956	65.98%
11	2003	73.30%		28	1994	71.12%		45	1975	68.90%		62	1950	65.69%
12	1999	73.28%		29	1970	71.05%		46	1982	68.83%		63	1955	65.66%
13	1959	73.02%		30	1966	70.96%		47	2001	68.63%		64	2009	65.59%
14	2011	72.91%		31	2000	70.96%		48	2002	68.09%		65	1951	63.89%
15	1953	72.79%		32	1997	70.90%		49	1965	68.05%		66	1985	62.41%
16	1992	72.78%		33	1971	70.81%		50	1988	67.77%		67	1949	61.74%
17	1974	72.36%		34	2013	70.59%		51	1977	67.69%