We then put together three unseasonably warm days from the 10th to the 12th. The 13th saw things cool down but the majority of the snow in the region stayed well east of Thornton.<\/p>\n
Perhaps the most notable event of the month came on the 17th when a strong upper level system passed over us. This brought extremely strong winds and resulted in Thornton recording its strongest wind gust in the past 10 plus years (62.1 mph).<\/p>\n
Finally on the 20th we started seeing some precipitation with two of the next five days seeing light snow and the others having some rain. The month wrapped up with four straight days of temperatures well above normal.<\/p>\n
Thornton\u2019s overall average temperature for the month came in at 48.3 degrees. This was nearly a full degree warmer than the long term Denver average temperature for the month of 47.4 degrees. Out at Denver International Airport where the Mile High City\u2019s official measurements are taken, it was slightly cooler with an average reading of 47.8 degres.<\/p>\n
Temperatures in Thornton ranged from a high of 83.6 degrees on the 29th down to our coldest reading of 22.1 degrees on the morning of the 6th and the 7th.\u00a0 Denver\u2019s maximum and minimum were similar with 83 degrees on the 29th and 21 degrees on the 6th.<\/p>\n
In terms of precipitation, Denver averages 1.71 inches of liquid precip during April Thornton saw only 1.07 inches while Denver was even drier with 0.86 inches.<\/p>\n
Snowfall at both locations fell short of the April average of 6.8 inches. Thornton recorded 3.9 inches while Denver only saw 1.5 inches.<\/p>\n
Click here to view Thornton\u2019s April 2018 climate report<\/a>.<\/p>\n The month of April was one that failed to bring much in the way of snow or rain. This exacerbated the growing drought conditions, despite the end of the month bring some relief. The first third of the month did bring a few days with light snow but nothing that ever amounted to much.\u00a0 Temperatures … Continue reading April 2018 weather recap: Dry conditions, temperatures a bit warmer than normal<\/span> ![\"Thornton,](\"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2018-04-temps-590x291.jpg\")
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<\/a>CLIMATE REPORT\r\nNATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER\/BOULDER CO\r\n1208 PM MDT WED MAY 2 2018\r\n\r\n...................................\r\n\r\n...THE DENVER CO CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL 2018...\r\n\r\nCLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010\r\nCLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1872 TO 2018\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 83 04\/29 79 04\/14\r\n 04\/13\r\nLOWEST 21 04\/06 24 04\/10\r\nAVG. MAXIMUM 63.2 61.5 1.7 63.2\r\nAVG. MINIMUM 32.5 33.3 -0.8 34.5\r\nMEAN 47.8 47.4 0.4 48.9\r\nDAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0\r\nDAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.3 -0.3 1\r\nDAYS MIN <= 32 16 13.0 3.0 15\r\nDAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0\r\n\r\nPRECIPITATION (INCHES)\r\nRECORD\r\n MAXIMUM 8.24 1900\r\n MINIMUM 0.03 1963\r\nTOTALS 0.86 1.71 -0.85 0.98\r\nDAILY AVG. 0.03 0.06 -0.03 0.03\r\nDAYS >= .01 8 9.1 -1.1 10\r\nDAYS >= .10 4 4.5 -0.5 5\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 0.34 04\/21 TO 04\/21 04\/29 TO 04\/29\r\n\r\n OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S\r\n\r\nSNOWFALL (INCHES)\r\nTOTALS 1.5 6.8\r\n\r\nDEGREE_DAYS\r\nHEATING TOTAL 509 529 -20 478\r\n SINCE 7\/1 5250 5731 -481 4803\r\nCOOLING TOTAL 2 1 1 0\r\nSINCE 1\/1 2 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 12.5\r\nRESULTANT WIND SPEED\/DIRECTION M\r\nHIGHEST WIND SPEED\/DIRECTION 46\/320 DATE 04\/13\r\nHIGHEST GUST SPEED\/DIRECTION 70\/280 DATE 04\/17\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) 49\r\n\r\nWEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH\r\nTHUNDERSTORMS 3 MIXED PRECIP 0\r\nHEAVY RAIN 0 RAIN 2\r\nLIGHT RAIN 9 FREEZING RAIN 0\r\nLT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0\r\nHEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 2\r\nLIGHT SNOW 8 FOG W\/VIS <=1\/4 MILE 1\r\nFOG 8 HAZE 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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"