...APRIL HIGHLIGHTS...
...23RD WARMER APRIL ON RECORD...

APRIL ONCE AGAIN WAS A TRANSITION MONTH BETWEEN WINTER AND SPRING
AS SEVERAL STORM SYSTEMS BROUGHT GUSTY WINDS...SHOWERS AND COOLER
TEMPERATURES. IN ADDITION...HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT BROUGHT WARM
AFTERNOON READINGS THAT BRING THOUGHTS OF SUMMER TO MIND.

OVERALL APRIL 2004 WILL GO INTO THE RECORD BOOKS AS ABOVE NORMAL
WITH AN AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE OF 67.8 DEGREES. TEMPERATURE
EXTREMES FOR THE MONTH RANGED FROM A HIGH OF 93 DEGREES ON THE 16TH

THE MAJORITY OF RAIN FELL ON THE 23RD AND 24TH AS A PACIFIC STORM
SYSTEM MOVED THROUGH THE AREA. RAINFALL AMOUNTS GENERALLY RANGED FROM
A TRACE TO THREE-QUARTERS OF AN INCH FROM THIS EVENT. OFFICIALLY FOR
THE MONTH THE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT RECORDED A THIRD OF AN INCH WHICH
IS SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL.
		
...APRIL 2005 STATS...         MONTH     NORMAL     DEPARTURE
AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE        82.5      81.5        + 1.0
AVERAGE LOW  TEMPERATURE        53.1      50.5        + 2.6
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE             67.8      66.0        + 1.8
RAINFALL                        0.33"     0.28"      + 0.05"

THE AVERAGE YEARLY TEMPERATURE THROUGH APRIL 30TH OF 59.3 DEGREES
RANKS AS THE 18TH WARMEST START TO A CALENDAR YEAR.

...2005 STATS THRU APRIL...     YEAR     NORMAL     DEPARTURE
AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE        71.4      71.9        - 0.5
AVERAGE LOW  TEMPERATURE        47.3      44.0        + 3.3
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE             59.3      58.0        + 1.3
RAINFALL                        3.32"     2.96"      + 0.36"
WATER YEAR RAINFALL (OCT-APR)   5.09"     5.87"      - 0.78"
		                                           
...LOOKING AHEAD INTO MAY...
THE CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER FORECASTS THAT THE MONTH OF MAY WILL
BE MUCH WARMER THAN NORMAL WITH NEAR NORMAL RAINFALL.

AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE ......... 90.4 DEGREES
AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE .......... 58.6 DEGREES
AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE ...... 74.5 DEGREES
RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE .......... 111 DEGREES ON MAY 29 1910
RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE ........... 32 DEGREES ON MAY 3 1899
WARMEST MAY (AVG) ................ 80.2 DEGREES IN 2000
COLDEST MAY (AVG) ................ 64.6 DEGREES IN 1905
NORMAL RAINFALL .................. 0.24 INCHES
WETTEST MAY DAY .................. 1.34 INCHES ON MAY 15 1931
WETTEST MAY ...................... 1.34 INCHES IN 1931
DRIEST MAY ....................... 0.00 INCHES IN 2002
                                            (LAST OF 22 OCCURRENCES)

THE NUMBER OF DAYLIGHT HOURS INCREASES FROM 13 HOURS 28 MINUTES ON THE
1ST TO 14 HOURS 7 MINUTES ON THE 31ST...A GAIN OF 39 MINUTES.