Great Barrington — Record warmth and dry conditions characterized April 2017. The month tied 1991 and 1998 as the warmest Aprils in the now 52 years of record keeping. Temperatures exceeded 80 four times including a record high of 86 on the 11th and a near record on Easter Sunday. But the key was no real cold temperatures. The lows were not as low.
The average low reading is 34 but because of many cloudy nights this year’s reading was 41, which is seven degrees warmer. Only 6 days did we see completely fair weather 24 hours.
On the precipitation side, April came in slightly below average. And this worked out very well because the snows of March melted more slowly. For April, snow and sleet measured 1.4 inches compared to an average of 2.4 and 10 inches one year ago.
So, the weather conditions for the month gone by turned out to be just right for slow flowering of plants and fruit trees.
If we can get through May with no frost — typically we might get a frost in the middle of the month — we should be good for a nice harvest this fall.
Have a wonderful month.
| DATE | HI TEMP | LO TEMP | SKY | RAIN | SNOW | COMMENTS |
| 1-Apr-17 | 40 | 34 | CLOUDY | 1 | SLEET EARLY AM (.05) DRIZZLE PM | |
| 2-Apr-17 | 58 | 36 | CHANGING | BECOMING PCLDY AT SUNRISE. | ||
| 3-Apr-17 | 63 | 30 | CHANGING | PCLDY DAY. MCLDY EVENING | ||
| 4-Apr-17 | 50 | 39 | CLOUDY | 0.84 | RAIN MODERATE MIDNIGHT TIL 9 THEN MORE RAIN AND DRIZZLE AFT. | |
| 5-Apr-17 | 51 | 39 | CHANGING | 0.05 | LIGHT RAIN DRIZZLE AM. FAIR AFT. | |
| 6-Apr-17 | 47 | 37 | CLOUDY | 0.36 | PERIODS OF RAIN. THUNDERSH 6P. | |
| 7-Apr-17 | 48 | 35 | CLOUDY | 0.06 | 0.4 | BREEZY WITHN SHOWERS. LIGHT SNOW (.04) LATE PM |
| 8-Apr-17 | 49 | 35 | CHANGING | WINDY . A FEW FLURRIES AM. PCLDY PM | ||
| 9-Apr-17 | 68 | 25 | FAIR | |||
| 10-Apr-17 | 80 | 35 | FAIR | |||
| 11-Apr-17 | 86 | 46 | FAIR | BREEZY RECORD HIGH TEMO. | ||
| 12-Apr-17 | 62 | 45 | CHANGING | 0.12 | CLOUDING UP AT SUNRISE. RAIN LATE AM. WINDY PM. | |
| 13-Apr-17 | 57 | 37 | CHANGING | VCLDY WINDY | ||
| 14-Apr-17 | 62 | 30 | FAIR | |||
| 15-Apr-17 | 68 | 28 | CHANGING | 0.02 | FAIR AM. PCLDY TO MCLDY AFT. RAIN SHOWWER LATE AFT. CLEARING EARLY EVENING. | |
| 16-Apr-17 | 85 | 49 | CHANGING | 0.22 | FAIR DAY. SHOWERS, WIND 6P THEN FAIR. | |
| 17-Apr-17 | 66 | 48 | CHANGING | 0.05 | EARLY AM SHOWER THEN FAIR. BREEZY | |
| 18-Apr-17 | 62 | 35 | FAIR | |||
| 19-Apr-17 | 53 | 42 | CHANGING | 0.16 | CLOUDING UP MID AM. RAIN 6P TIL LATE EVENING. | |
| 20-Apr-17 | 67 | 44 | CHANGING | 0.14 | CLOUDING UP MID AFT. RAIN LATE EVENING | |
| 21-Apr-17 | 53 | 46 | CLOUDY | 0.42 | RAIN TIL 6A. THEN OCCASIONAL DRIZZLE | |
| 22-Apr-17 | 55 | 46 | CHANGING | MCLDY SPRINKLES. PCLDY PM. | ||
| 23-Apr-17 | 70 | 35 | FAIR | |||
| 24-Apr-17 | 74 | 35 | CHANGING | FAIR DAY. CLOUDING UP LATE PM. | ||
| 25-Apr-17 | 57 | 49 | CLOUDY | 0.26 | HI TEMP 12:01A. LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS TIL MIDNIGHT. WINDY. | |
| 26-Apr-17 | 67 | 49 | CHANGING | 0.15 | PERIODS OF LIGHT RAIN AM. BECOMING PCLDY AFT. MCLDY EVENING | |
| 27-Apr-17 | 70 | 56 | CHANGING | 0.02 | LIGHT RAIN AND DRIZZLE AM. PCLDY PM | |
| 28-Apr-17 | 81 | 60 | CHANGING | CLOUDY SPRNKLES til 9A. THEN CLEARING. A FAIR DAY WITH LIGHT WINDS. | ||
| 29-Apr-17 | 77 | 57 | CHANGING | CLOUDS LIFTING TO PCLDY MID AM. TURNING WINDY AND COOLER AFTERNOON | ||
| 30-Apr-17 | 59 | 42 | CHANGING | 0.47 | CLOUDING UP MID AM. THUNDERSOWER MID DAY. LIGHT SHOWERS AFT.H | |
| 63 | 41 | 3.34 | 1.4 | AVERAGE: Temperature: 59/34 Mean-46.5 Precip: Rain 3.61″ Snow 2.4″ | ||
| Snow Melt | 0.09 | |||||
