

Stations across northern New England and upstate New York also reported records. Between 5 and 7 inches of snow fell across the Cleveland area. A late-season snowstorm on April 20-22 brought record snowfall for this time of year across parts of the Ohio Valley and the Northeast.Precipitation was above average across portions of the northwest Great Lakes, New England, Midwest, southern Plains and Gulf Coast. Oregon ranked third driest while California ranked fifth driest on record for April. A majority of the Lower 48 experienced below-average precipitation during April with four states across the West ranking among their 10-driest Aprils on record.was 2.03 inches, 0.49 inch below average, and ranked as the 14th-driest April in the 127-year period of record. The April precipitation total for the contiguous U.S.temperature-related energy demand during April was 50 percent of average and ranked 24 th lowest in the 127-year period of record. Based on NOAA's Residential Energy Demand Temperature Index (REDTI), the contiguous U.S.As of May 6, there were 4,617 record warm daily high (2,557) and low (2,060) temperature records and 3,236 record cold daily high (1,541) and low (1,695) temperature records. During April there were nearly 1.4 times as many warm daily records as compared with cold records.Bering Sea ice cover for April was 80 percent of average and the highest for April since 2016.On April 18, Klawock Airport reported a high temperature of 75☏, which was the highest such temperature so early in the season for all of Alaska, breaking the previous record by three days.On April 17, Juneau reported a high temperature of 70☏, which was the earliest 70☏ temperature on record by a week.Fort Greely/Delta Junction also set a record on April 9 with the coldest sub-zero temperature on record for this location by more than a week with a high temperature report of -2☏.On April 9, Bettles set a record for its lowest April temperature on record with a report of -39☏.Despite the mild average, large temperature swings were seen throughout the month as records were set for both coldest temperatures seen so late and warmest temperatures seen so early in the season across portions of Alaska.In general, the interior portions of the state were cooler than average, while the Aleutians experienced above-average temperatures for the month. The Alaska April temperature was 23.6☏, 0.3☏ above the long-term average, ranking in the middle third of the 97-year period of record.Below-average minimum temperatures were observed from the Northern Rockies and Plains to the southern Plains and into the Southeast. Above-average conditions were observed across portions of the West, Great Lakes and Northeast, as well as south Texas and across much of Florida. average minimum (nighttime) temperature during April was 38.9☏, 0.3☏ above the 20th-century average, ranking in the middle third of the historical record. Below-average maximum temperatures were observed from the Northern Rockies and Plains to the southern Plains and into the Southeast.

average maximum (daytime) temperature during April was 38.9☏, 0.3☏ above the 20th-century average, ranking in the middle third of the historical record. A large portion of the southern Plains and Gulf Coast states experienced below-average temperatures, as did portions of the northern and central Rockies, northern and central Plains and the Tennessee Valley.Maine ranked fifth warmest on record for April. Temperatures were above average across much of the West Coast, Southwest, Northeast, Great Lakes and parts of southern Texas and Florida.This ranked in the middle third of the 127-year period of record. was 51.9☏, 0.9☏ above the 20th-century average. During April, the average temperature of the contiguous U.S.
