April 1997 LaVale MD Weather Summary
Observer Nate Mullins

Special Observations:
F=fog
T=thunder
H=hail
DW=damaging wind
S=sleet
G=glaze

	Temperature, F	Precip
Date	Max	Min	Liquid	Solid	Special Obs

1	54	22	   T	   T	DW
2	66	30
3	68	30
4	82	50
5	72	44
6	68	46	   T
7	59	44
8	54	28	 .01
9	42	17	   T	 0.2	
10	45	16
11	48	26
12	42	30	 .19		F
13	49	33	 .09	 0.3	F
14	53	30
15	60	22
16	72	24
17	65	42	   T
18	42	28
19	55	27
20	66	24
21	52	28	 .10
22	66	30	   T		F
23	56	39	 .02
24	63	39	 .03		F,T
25	62	46
26	66	35
27	56	44	 .50		F
28	60	44	 .07		F
29	68	32
30	72	32

Tot	59.4	32.7	1.01	 0.5
Ext	82	16	0.50	 0.3
Date	4	10	27	  13

Mean Monthly Temp 46.1 F
Fog days 6
Thunder days 1
Damaging wind days 1

Significant Events

1:  Very strong winds overnight and cold temperatures with flurries.  Low 22F.
4:  Clear and much warmer--a June-like day high 82 F
8:  Some strong gusty winds, falling temperatures and a bit of light rain late evening
9:  Snow showers overnight and very cold low 17F
10: Again unusually cold low 16F.
12: Light rain 11:30am-4:30pm .19" fell.  Dense evening fog.
15: Another chilly frosty morning low 22F
16: Clear & cold overnight but warmed up to a mild 72 F.
24: A few PM showers and a light thundershower about 5pm.  Only .03" rain fell.
27: Steady light to moderate rain all afternoon and through the evening total .50" fell by midnight.
28: Another .07" rain overnight and foggy.  Some partial clearing by mid-afternoon.

Summary:

As usual for April, temperatures fluctuated wildly through the month.  There were a number of very cold & frosty
mornings.  Temperatures were below normal.  Precipitation was well below normal, struggling to the 1-inch mark.

Additional notes/records

9: ALL-TIME RECORD LOW for April low 17 F with heavy frost
10: ALL-TIME RECORD LOW for April low 16 F beating yesterday's record.  Hard, killing frost and freeze
15: Record low 22 F
20: Another record low 24 F

April 1997 was the 2nd coldest April on record with a mean temperature of 46.1 F.  The record coldest was 45.7 F
in 1975.  The mean low temperature of 32.7 however did set a record low for April.

April 1997 was also the 2nd driest April on record with 1.01" of precipitation.  Driest was 0.84" in 1971.