{"id":13845,"date":"2014-05-02T06:39:17","date_gmt":"2014-05-02T12:39:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/?p=13845"},"modified":"2014-05-02T06:39:59","modified_gmt":"2014-05-02T12:39:59","slug":"april-2014-weather-recap-warmer-and-drier-than-normal-conditions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/thornton-weather\/april-2014-weather-recap-warmer-and-drier-than-normal-conditions\/","title":{"rendered":"April 2014 weather recap: Warmer and drier than normal conditions"},"content":{"rendered":"

The month of April lacked much in the way of drama for northeastern Colorado.\u00a0 Overall temperatures were warmer than normal and precipitation and snow were lacking a bit.<\/p>\n

April started out on the cool side and brought the first snow of the month on the 3rd.\u00a0 By the 8th temperatures had rebounded and we enjoyed a five-day stretch of high temps in the 70s.<\/p>\n

A storm system and cold front cooled things down on the 13th and we saw a couple of days of light snowfall.\u00a0 As always the weather bounced back and Thornton recorded its first 80+ degree day of the year on the 18th.<\/p>\n

The final four days of the month saw things turn cool again.\u00a0 Some light rain was seen but the bigger story was a period of unusually windy conditions.<\/p>\n

  • April 2014 top shots: Monthly photo slideshow<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n

    Denver\u2019s average April temperature is 47.4 degrees (1981 \u2013 2010).\u00a0 For April 2014, the average temperature in Thornton was more than two degrees higher at 49.6 degrees.\u00a0 Out at Denver International Airport, the average came in a bit cooler at 49.0 degrees.<\/p>\n

    Temperatures in Thornton ranged from a high of 81.3 degrees on the 18th down to a low of 17.6 degrees on the 14th.\u00a0 DIA saw its warmest reading of 80 degrees on the 22nd and its coldest of 18 degrees on the 14th.<\/p>\n

    Low temperatures dropped below freezing on 11 days in Thornton.\u00a0 No readings below zero were recorded.<\/p>\n

    In terms of precipitation, Thornton measured 0.97 inch in the bucket.\u00a0 This is a good ways below the Denver April average of 1.71 inches.\u00a0 DIA saw more precipitation than us with a reading of 1.24 inches.<\/p>\n

    Similarly, snowfall fell short of normal in Thornton and Denver.\u00a0 On average the Mile High City sees 6.8 inches in April.\u00a0 Thornton recorded only 5.5 inches and DIA 5.6 inches.<\/p>\n

    Click here to view Thornton\u2019s March 2014 climate report<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    April 2014 Temperature Summary for Thornton, Colorado. (ThorntonWeather.com)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
    \"April
    April 2014 Precipitation Summary for Thornton, Colorado. (ThorntonWeather.com)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
    CLIMATE REPORT\r\nNATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOULDER, CO\r\n603 AM MDT THU MAY 1 2014\r\n\r\n................................... \r\n\r\n...THE DENVER CO CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL 2014... \r\n\r\nCLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010\r\nCLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1872 TO 2014\r\n\r\nWEATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART  LAST YEAR`S\r\n                 VALUE   DATE(S)  VALUE   FROM    VALUE  DATE(S)\r\n                                          NORMAL\r\n................................................................ \r\nTEMPERATURE (F)\r\nRECORD\r\n HIGH              90   04\/30\/1992\r\n LOW               -2   04\/02\/1975\r\nHIGHEST            80   04\/22        90     -10       80  04\/29\r\nLOWEST             18   04\/14        -2      20        6  04\/10\r\nAVG. MAXIMUM     62.8              61.5     1.3     54.7\r\nAVG. MINIMUM     35.2              33.3     1.9     28.7\r\nMEAN             49.0              47.4     1.6     41.7\r\nDAYS MAX >= 90      0               0.0     0.0        0\r\nDAYS MAX <= 32      0               0.3    -0.3        4\r\nDAYS MIN <= 32     10              13.0    -3.0       17\r\nDAYS MIN <= 0       0               0.0     0.0        0 \r\nPRECIPITATION (INCHES) \r\nRECORD \r\n MAXIMUM         8.24   1900 \r\n MINIMUM         0.03   1963 \r\nTOTALS           1.24              1.71   -0.47     1.87 \r\nDAILY AVG.       0.04              0.06   -0.02     0.06 \r\nDAYS >= .01         6               9.1    -3.1       13\r\nDAYS >= .10         5               4.5     0.5        7\r\nDAYS >= .50         0               0.9    -0.9        0\r\nDAYS >= 1.00        0               0.5    -0.5        0\r\nGREATEST\r\n 24 HR. TOTAL    0.48   04\/02 TO 04\/03              0.50\r\n                                                04\/22 TO 04\/23\r\nSNOWFALL (INCHES)\r\nTOTAL             5.6               6.8\r\n\r\nDEGREE_DAYS\r\nHEATING TOTAL     472               529     -57      690\r\n SINCE 7\/1       5730              5731      -1     5802\r\nCOOLING TOTAL       0                 1      -1        0\r\n SINCE 1\/1          0                 1      -1        0\r\n\r\nFREEZE DATES\r\nRECORD\r\n EARLIEST     09\/08\/1962\r\n LATEST       06\/08\/2007\r\nEARLIEST                        10\/07\r\nLATEST                          05\/05\r\n...................................................... \r\n\r\nWIND (MPH)\r\nAVERAGE WIND SPEED              12.9\r\nRESULTANT WIND SPEED\/DIRECTION   2\/299\r\nHIGHEST WIND SPEED\/DIRECTION    49\/340    DATE  04\/29\r\nHIGHEST GUST SPEED\/DIRECTION    66\/340    DATE  04\/29\r\n\r\nSKY COVER\r\nPOSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT)   MM\r\nAVERAGE SKY COVER           0.70\r\nNUMBER OF DAYS FAIR            1\r\nNUMBER OF DAYS PC             22\r\nNUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY          7\r\n\r\nAVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     50\r\n\r\nWEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH\r\nTHUNDERSTORM              0     MIXED PRECIP               0\r\nHEAVY RAIN                0     RAIN                       3\r\nLIGHT RAIN                8     FREEZING RAIN              0\r\nLT FREEZING RAIN          0     HAIL                       1\r\nHEAVY SNOW                2     SNOW                       3\r\nLIGHT SNOW                6     SLEET                      0\r\nFOG                       8     FOG W\/VIS <= 1\/4 MILE      2\r\nHAZE                      1\r\n\r\n-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.\r\nR  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.\r\nMM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.\r\nT  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
    The month of April lacked much in the way of drama for northeastern Colorado.\u00a0 Overall temperatures were warmer than normal and precipitation and snow were lacking a bit. April started out on the cool side and brought the first snow of the month on the 3rd.\u00a0 By the 8th temperatures had rebounded and we enjoyed … Continue reading April 2014 weather recap: Warmer and drier than normal conditions<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,7],"tags":[380],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13845"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13845"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13845\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13847,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13845\/revisions\/13847"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13845"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13845"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13845"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}