April 2020 was colder than normal across the Northland with average temperatures for the month running around 2 to 4 degrees below normal.
April 2020 was also a dry month with precipitation totals for the month anywhere from a quarter to over an inch below normal.
Duluth, Minnesota
| Average Temperature: 37.2 degrees Normal: 39.6 degrees Departure: -2.4 degrees below normal Highest temperature: 66 F on the 30th Lowest temperature: 14 F on the 15th and 14th 5 days with a high of at least 60 F (normal is 5 days) Total Precipitation: 1.30″ Normal: 2.43″ Departure: -1.13″ below normal Greatest calendar day precipitation total: 0.48″ on the 27th 7 days with at least 0.01″ of precipitation 5 days with at least 0.10″ of precipitation Total Snowfall: 2.7″ Normal: 6.9″ Departure: -4.2″ below normal Greatest calendar day snowfall: 1.7″ on the 9th 7 days with at least 0.1″ snowfall (normal is 4 days) 1 day with at least 1.0″ snowfall (normal is 2 days) 1 day with thunder |
International Falls, Minnesota
| Average Temperature: 35.6 degrees Departure: -3.7 degrees below normal Total Precipitation: 0.86″ Departure: -0.67″ below normal Total Snowfall: 0.5″ Departure: -5.9″ below normal |
Brainerd, Minnesota
| Average Temperature: 41.9 degrees Departure: -1.8 degrees below normal Total Precipitation: 2.11″ Departure: -0.24″ below normal Total Snowfall: Trace Departure: -3.4″ below normal 1 day with thunder |
Hibbing, Minnesota
| Average Temperature: 34.9 degrees Departure: -3.9 degrees below normal 1 day with thunder |
Ashland, Wisconsin
| Average Temperature: 37.5 degrees Departure: -2.1 degrees below normal |
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Source: https://mrcc.illinois.edu/
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Tim