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NOAA: Above-Normal Temperatures and Below-Normal Precipitation in April

Submitted on May 7, 2010 - 2:00pm
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Graphic of temperature map [7]NOAA's State of the Climate report [8] shows the April 2010 average temperature for the contiguous United States was 54.3 degress F, which is 2.3 degrees F above the long-term (1901-2000) average (14th-warmest April on record). April's average precipitation was 2.18 inches, 0.25 inch below the 1901-2000 average, based on a 116-year record since 1895, this monthly analysis is prepared by scientists at NOAA's National Climatic Data Center [9] in Asheville, N.C. (Release [10]) (Temperature graphic [11]) (Precipitation graphic [12])

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