{"id":17539,"date":"2017-05-01T17:30:22","date_gmt":"2017-05-01T23:30:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/?p=17539"},"modified":"2017-05-01T17:31:21","modified_gmt":"2017-05-01T23:31:21","slug":"april-2017-weather-recap-warmer-temperatures-little-snow-but-precipitation-near-normal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/thornton-weather\/april-2017-weather-recap-warmer-temperatures-little-snow-but-precipitation-near-normal\/","title":{"rendered":"April 2017 weather recap: Warmer temperatures, little snow but precipitation near normal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The month of April had a bit of a mixed bag for Thornton.\u00a0 While we saw temperatures above normal and snowfall below normal, precipitation actually ended up right near Denver\u2019s long term average.<\/p>\n<p>We started out cool on the first day of the month, warmed up for two days, then were delivered our first snowfall of the month on the fourth day.\u00a0 From there we saw a string of above normal temperatures, some far above, that lasted almost uninterrupted for two weeks.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/thornton-weather\/april-2017-top-shots-monthly-photo-slideshow\/\">April 2017 top shots: Monthly photo slideshow<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Some rain finally fell for the three days beginning the 20th and temperatures cooled a bit.\u00a0 Then, on the 28th, we received our second and final snowfall of the month and followed it up with a very cold day before rebounding on the final day of the month.<\/p>\n<p>Thornton saw an average temperature during April 2017 of 49.6 degrees. This was a good ways above Denver\u2019s long term average for the month of 47.4 degrees.\u00a0 Out at the airport, they were cooler with an average of 48.9 degrees.<\/p>\n<p>Thornton\u2019s temperatures ranged from a maximum of 80.3 degrees on the 14th down to a low of 24.1 degrees on the morning of the 30th.\u00a0 Denver saw similar extremes of 79 degrees, also on the 14th, and a low of 24 degrees on the 10th.<\/p>\n<p>In terms of precipitation, Denver averages 1.71 inches during April.\u00a0 Thornton was right there with the average at 1.70 inches in our rain bucket. At DIA, things were quite a bit drier with only 0.98 inches being recorded.<\/p>\n<p>Snowfall lagged behind average for the month, especially at the average.\u00a0 Denver recorded only 2.5 inches officially while here in Thornton we came in at 5.8 inches.\u00a0 Once again this highlights the problems with having Denver\u2019s official measurements kept so far from where they were taken historically and far away from population.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/climatedataout42017.html\">Click here to view Thornton&#8217;s April 2017 climate report<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_17540\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17540\" style=\"width: 590px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/2017-04-temps.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-17540\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/2017-04-temps-590x356.jpg\" alt=\"Thornton, Colorado temperature summary for April 2017. (ThorntonWeather.com)\" width=\"590\" height=\"356\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/2017-04-temps-590x356.jpg 590w, https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/2017-04-temps-300x181.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/2017-04-temps-450x272.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/2017-04-temps.jpg 628w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-17540\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Thornton, Colorado temperature summary for April 2017. (ThorntonWeather.com)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_17541\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17541\" style=\"width: 590px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/2017-04-precip.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-17541\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/2017-04-precip-590x362.jpg\" alt=\"Thornton, Colorado precipitation summary for April 2017. (ThorntonWeather.com)\" width=\"590\" height=\"362\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/2017-04-precip-590x362.jpg 590w, https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/2017-04-precip-300x184.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/2017-04-precip-450x276.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/2017-04-precip.jpg 612w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-17541\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Thornton, Colorado precipitation summary for April 2017. (ThorntonWeather.com)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>From the National Weather Service:<\/p>\n<pre>CLIMATE REPORT\r\nNATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER\/BOULDER CO\r\n244 AM MDT MON MAY 1 2017\r\n\r\n...................................\r\n\r\n...THE DENVER CO CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL 2017...\r\n\r\nCLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010\r\nCLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1872 TO 2017\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            79   04\/14        90     -11       77  04\/23\r\n                        04\/13                             04\/22\r\n                                                          04\/14\r\nLOWEST             24   04\/10        -2      26       25  04\/01\r\nAVG. MAXIMUM     63.2              61.5     1.7     59.4\r\nAVG. MINIMUM     34.5              33.3     1.2     35.1\r\nMEAN             48.9              47.4     1.5     47.2\r\nDAYS MAX &gt;= 90      0               0.0     0.0        0\r\nDAYS MAX &lt;= 32      1               0.3     0.7        0\r\nDAYS MIN &lt;= 32     15              13.0     2.0       11\r\nDAYS MIN &lt;= 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 0.98 1.71 -0.73 2.56 \r\nDAILY AVG. 0.03 0.06 -0.03 0.09 \r\nDAYS &gt;= .01        10               9.1     0.9       10\r\nDAYS &gt;= .10         5               4.5     0.5        6\r\nDAYS &gt;= .50         0               0.9    -0.9        2\r\nDAYS &gt;= 1.00        0               0.5    -0.5        1\r\nGREATEST\r\n 24 HR. TOTAL    0.22   04\/29 TO 04\/29           04\/15 TO 04\/16\r\n                                                          04\/16 TO 04\/16\r\n                                                          04\/16 TO 04\/16\r\n STORM TOTAL       MM                                 MM\r\n (MM\/DD(HH))            MM                    04\/16(00) TO 04\/16(00)\r\n                                                 04\/16(00) TO 04\/16(00)6\r\n                                                 04\/16(00) TO 04\/16(00)6\r\n\r\nSNOWFALL (INCHES)\r\nRECORDS\r\n TOTAL             MM   MM\r\nTOTALS            2.5               6.8\r\n\r\nDEGREE_DAYS\r\nHEATING TOTAL     478               529     -51      526\r\n SINCE 7\/1       4803              5731    -928     5230\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      04\/01             10\/07\r\nLATEST                          05\/05\r\n.......................................................\r\n\r\nWIND (MPH)\r\nAVERAGE WIND SPEED              11.6\r\nRESULTANT WIND SPEED\/DIRECTION   1\/121\r\nHIGHEST WIND SPEED\/DIRECTION    44\/300    DATE  04\/09\r\nHIGHEST GUST SPEED\/DIRECTION    56\/300    DATE  04\/09\r\n\r\nSKY COVER\r\nPOSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT)   MM\r\nAVERAGE SKY COVER           0.60\r\nNUMBER OF DAYS FAIR            6\r\nNUMBER OF DAYS PC             17\r\nNUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY          7\r\n\r\nAVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     53\r\n\r\nWEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH\r\nTHUNDERSTORM              0     MIXED PRECIP               0\r\nHEAVY RAIN                1     RAIN                       1\r\nLIGHT RAIN               10     FREEZING RAIN              0\r\nLT FREEZING RAIN          0     HAIL                       0\r\nHEAVY SNOW                1     SNOW                       3\r\nLIGHT SNOW                7     SLEET                      0\r\nFOG                      10     FOG W\/VIS &lt;= 1\/4 MILE      4\r\nHAZE                      2\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<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The month of April had a bit of a mixed bag for Thornton.\u00a0 While we saw temperatures above normal and snowfall below normal, precipitation actually ended up right near Denver\u2019s long term average. We started out cool on the first day of the month, warmed up for two days, then were delivered our first snowfall &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/thornton-weather\/april-2017-weather-recap-warmer-temperatures-little-snow-but-precipitation-near-normal\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">April 2017 weather recap: Warmer temperatures, little snow but precipitation near normal<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/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\/17539"}],"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=17539"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17539\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17543,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17539\/revisions\/17543"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17539"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17539"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17539"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}