Only 20 had more, with eight separate disasters recorded in January-April. The number of disasters so far this year is the second-highest number recorded during the first four months of a year. The total cost of these events exceeds $19 billion, and they have resulted in 97 direct and indirect fatalities. These disasters consisted of five severe storm events, one winter storm and one flooding event. There have been seven confirmed weather and climate disaster events, each with losses exceeding $1 billion this year. The central Interior and parts of the Southwest and Southeast were near average while south central Alaska and parts of the Aleutians experienced below-average precipitation during this period. The January–April precipitation ranked in the wettest third of the 99-year record for Alaska, with above-average precipitation observed across much of the eastern Interior, North Slope and in parts of the Panhandle while the West Coast was much wetter than average. Maryland ranked 13th driest on record for this four-month period. On the dry side, precipitation was below average across parts of the Northwest, central and northern Plains, Mid-Atlantic and Florida during the January–April period. Wisconsin ranked wettest on record while Michigan ranked fourth and Utah ranked seventh wettest on record, respectively. Precipitation was above average across much of the Southwest and Great Lakes, and in parts of the southern Mississippi Valley, Southeast and Northeast. was 10.22 inches, 0.74 inch above average, ranking in the wettest third of the 129-year record. The January–April precipitation total for the contiguous U.S. Much of the central Interior to the West Coast and parts of the Southeast were near average, while parts of the Aleutians and Northwest Gulf experienced below-average precipitation for the month. Conditions were wetter than average across much of the North Slope, eastern Interior and in parts of the Panhandle. Conversely, Delaware ranked seventh wettest, North Carolina ranked eighth wettest and New Jersey had its 10th-wettest April on record.Īcross the state of Alaska, the average monthly precipitation was 2.01 inches, ranking in the middle third of the 99-year record. Arizona, Missouri, Nebraska and New Mexico ranked third to sixth driest on record, respectively. Precipitation was above average across portions of the Northwest, along the Gulf and East coasts and Upper Midwest and below average from California to the Ohio River Valley and in parts of the northern Rockies and Maine. Much of the state was near-normal for the four-month period while temperatures were above-average across much of the North Slope and in parts of the southeast and Aleutians. The Alaska January–April temperature was 11.7☏, 1.4☏ above the long-term average, ranking in the middle third of the record for the state. Nevada and California both ranked 17th coldest on record for this four-month period. New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, West Virginia and South Carolina each had their second warmest, while 14 additional states ranked among their warmest 10 year-to-date periods on record. Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland, Delaware, Virginia, North Carolina and Florida each had their warmest January–April period on record. with near- to below-average temperatures from the northern Plains to the West Coast. Temperatures were above average across much of the eastern U.S. temperature was 40.9☏, 1.8☏ above average, ranking in the warmest third of the record. These are not “official” records, nor should they be used for legal or insurance purposes, but are provided for your information.For the January–April period, the average contiguous U.S. All rain totals are measured in inches.Īll weather data collected at the Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center at Overton may not reflect temperatures or rainfall amounts for other areas of east Texas.
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