Weather Summary for April

The cold spell that started in February and broke records in March continued through April.  We've had a weather station since 2000 and this April was the coldest recorded, with an average temperature of 7.3 degrees.  We also recorded our lowest April temperature at -4.4 on the 11th; the previous coldest was -1.9 in 2011.  We only had 17.5mm of rainfall, less than half of the 37.6mm average for April.  This has been the coldest spring for many years and growth is weeks behind what we would normally expect.