Weather/climate summary for Fairhaven, Massachusetts/April 1997:



TEMPERATURE--

Average mean: 46.6F (departure: minus 1.1 deg.)
Average high: 55.7F
Average low: 37.6F
Month's high: 68F on the 29th
Month's low: 25F on the 10th
Days with high 32F or lower: 0
Days with low 32F or lower: 8


PRECIPITATION--

Month's total (includes melted): 4.62" (departure: plus 1.16")
Year's total: 18.96" (departure: plus 3.79")
Previous 12 month total (5/96-4/97): 61.12" (departure: plus 17.18")
Max. 24 hr. total: 1.35" on 1st
Days with 0.01" or more: 11
Days with 1.00" or more: 1
Month's snow: 13.7" (departure: plus 13.1")
Season's snow: 33.7" (departure: minus 3.9")
Max. 24 hr. snow: 13.7" on 1st (14.5" on March 31-April 1 was in 24 hrs.)
Days with 1.0" or more: 1
Days with 6.0" or more: 1
Days with 12.0" or more: 1


BAROMETER--

Month's high: 30.31" on the 11th
Month's low: 28.99" on the 19th


MISCELLANEOUS--

Days with thunder: 0
Days with fog: 6
Peak wind gust: 41mph on the 19th
Heating degree days- month: 552, season: 5245
Snow depth days- month: 25, season: 56


Comments: The spring snowstorm of March 31-April 1 dumped 14.5" of snow
here. Total precip. for that storm, rain and melted snow, was 3.53".
This was the biggest snowstorm of the winter season, it almost brought
the season snow total to the average.  An intense rain and wind storm
brought 1.57" of rain from the 17th-20th with a wind gust to 41 mph
and low barometer of 28.99"....Wind gusts reached 30 mph or higher on
5 days during the month.  That along with the below normal temperatures
and above normal precip. made for a very raw and uncomfortable month.