Tri-Cities Climate Summary for April 2018

The following is a review of the weather conditions recorded at the Tri-Cities Airport in Pasco, Washington. This station is an automated station that is maintained by the National Weather Service. These data are considered preliminary.

Temperatures

Record high (all-time): 95, set in 1910 and 1925
Record low (all-time): 18, set in 1935 and 1936
Average high (30-year): 67.4
Average low (30-year): 38.5

Highest maximum temperature: 88, on April 27
Average high (last month): 66.7
Lowest maximum temperature: 55, on April 3

Highest minimum temperature: 51, on April 14
Average low (last month): 40.4
Lowest minimum temperature: 28, on April 3

Number of days with highs above 80: 3
Number of days with highs below 60: 7

Number of days with lows above 50: 1
Number of days with lows below 32: 4

Number of daily record high temperatures set: 0
Number of daily record low temperatures set: 0

Precipitation

Daily record (all-time): 1.09 inches, in 1936
Monthly average (30-year): 0.65 inches

Monthly total: 1.35 inches
Rainiest day: 0.37 inches, on April 7

Number of rain days (including trace): 13
Number of days with measurable rain: 9
Number of days with rainfall at or above 0.10″: 6
Number of days with rainfall at or above 0.25″: 2

Number of daily record rainfall amounts set: 0

Wind:

Highest wind gust: 53 mph, on April 27

Number of days with wind gusts above 30 mph: 9
Number of days with wind gusts above 40 mph: 4
Number of days with wind gusts above 50 mph: 1

Other:

Maximum sea-level pressure: 30.40 inHg (1029.5 mb)
Minimum sea-level pressure: 29.42 inHg (996.3 mb)

This information was gathered from the websites of the National Weather Service and WeatherUnderground. The featured image is from the National Weather Service.

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