April weather was more like March. “just enough spring to ———” It was  a drier than average month and very windy. However, we did have some April showers with measurable precipitation on 14 days.  Morning temperatures were mainly in the 30s except a few 40’s were were recorded. Afternoon readings were in the 60’s except the 70’s did show up in the final week.

Of course lawn mowers were heard in early April guided by the thinking that one must start mowing in April whether the grass needs it or not.  More serious and realistic mowing started mid to late month.

We had three thunderstorms in April and serious hail on the 16th.  Damaging winds were noted on the 16th and 29th. The power was off in parts of town on the 29th and 30th. Driving over Denton Hill on the 15th it looked more like January with white ground cover.Last April we received 5.72″ of rain and this year the total rainfall and melted snow was 3.43′ with 0.5″ of snow.

The flowering bushes and trees are very nice this year.  May flowers are showing up too.
Get ready for summer. It will be arriving soon.

Henry W. Lush

National Weather Service Observer