April 2022 (April 2008/2011 redux)

[SilverFallsAndrew]

According to the PRISM data our coldest May's on record were:

1) 2011

2) 1899

3) 2010

4) 1933

5) 1896

2011 was the coldest by almost a full 1F. 

 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

May 4-5th look dry and ridgy. Maybe some 70s. 

[Phishy Wx]

1 minute ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

May 4-5th look dry and ridgy. Maybe some 70s. 

would make for a nice Cinco de Mayo

[TT-SEA]

Just now, Phishy Wx said:

would make for a nice Cinco de Mayo

Technically the 12Z ECMWF is quite wet for May 5th.    

[SilverFallsAndrew]

7 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

Technically the 12Z ECMWF is quite wet for May 5th.    

Would be an amazing blessing. 

[Chewbacca Defense]

4 hours ago, hawkstwelve said:

We finally did it - we finally got a new house!! We had to pretty much sacrifice our first born child in order to get it but still, we got it! 4 bed/3 bath, 2200 sq ft for roughly $400k. Best elementary school in the city is literally right down the street around the corner. It's also open to corn fields in the back so you best believe I'm going to grab an IP camera and put it up for time lapse videos like @Jginmartini (love your videos dude!) as we don't really have anything blocking our view besides a farm house.

Redfin recently notified me of a house that sold a few doors down from our old house in Maple Valley. 3 bed/2 bath, 1300 sq ft. Listed for $625k and sold for $730k. Freaking insane! So glad we made the jump over here and are able to get a house almost twice the size for only $10k more than we spent on our old home. 

Should be moving in by the end of May/early June. We are so excited!!

Congrats!  Looking forward to those timelapse videos!

[BLI snowman]

April 1893 is probably always going to be the gold standard for cold Aprils here locally.

Downtown Portland had a maximum of 62 that month, and only two days the entire month that exceeded 56 there. About as chilly as a lot of our 21st century Januaries. No major airmasses, just a steady and raw chill throughout the month. Of course 1892-93 was a pretty amazing winter also.

 

 

Edited April 27, 2022 by BLI snowman

[snow drift]

1 hour ago, Phishy Wx said:

seems like most everything popped in the last 4-5 days ish.  I still have 3 trees barely budding.

We're getting there.

[snow drift]

1 hour ago, Phishy Wx said:

looks like potentially first 70s of the season later next week here

Felts Field made 70 in late March. KGEG is still waiting.

[snow drift]

17 minutes ago, BLI snowman said:

April 1893 is probably always going to be the gold standard for cold Aprils here locally.

Downtown Portland had a maximum of 62 that month, and only two days the entire month that exceeded 56 there. About as chilly as a lot of our 21st century Januaries. No major airmasses, just a steady and raw chill throughout the month. Of course 1892-93 was a pretty amazing winter also.

 

 

Pretty cold. I'm used to crummy springs. The vast majority are cool and showery in Spokane. Every now and then you get a warm one like 1992 or 2016.

[snow drift]

1 hour ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

According to the PRISM data our coldest May's on record were:

1) 2011

2) 1899

3) 2010

4) 1933

5) 1896

2011 was the coldest by almost a full 1F. 

 

2011 is the

[snow drift]

1 hour ago, TT-SEA said:

Technically the 12Z ECMWF is quite wet for May 5th.    

¡Ay caramba! ¡Que lastima!

[snow drift]

1 hour ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

Looks like our monthly mean is 41.9 as of today. The park was 39.9 in 2011, the park station is heavily shaded and runs a little cooler than us, but I doubt they are running colder than 2011. Looks like 2008 was 40.3. Looks like 1975 was 41.5, my guess is the park ends up around 41.0 this month. 

Looking at the PRISM data back to 1892 here are the top 5 cold April's here. Will be interesting to see where this year comes in. 

1) 2008

2) 2011

3) 1955

4) 1975

5) 1967

 

Top 5 warm April's

1) 1926

2) 1934

3) 1906

4) 1989

5) 1990, 1939, 1915

The top 4 all make sense. Every one of them was a la niña. I bet 1966-67 was a la niña.

[Phil]

Lol, 850mb temp is -4°C and it’s in the 60s here. The sun is an absolute f**king killer at this time of year.  

[snow drift]

1 hour ago, Phishy Wx said:

KGEG flirting with Coldest April on record according to local news last night.  not sure specifics.  need to look into it

1955 had a mean of 40.6. 2011 had a mean of 41.5. 2008 had a mean of 42. 1975 had a mean of 41.6. Spokane is at 41.7 through yesterday. Top 5 is possible.

[Phil]

2 hours ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

According to the PRISM data our coldest May's on record were:

1) 2011

2) 1899

3) 2010

4) 1933

5) 1896

2011 was the coldest by almost a full 1F. 

 

What was 1980 like out there? That year keeps popping up in the z500 pattern analogs and has been for a few months now.

[snow drift]

1955, 1975, 2008, and 2011 were 4 of the coldest Aprils on record. 3 out of the 4 listed years had a colder than average May. 2008, which was the odd ball, had a warmer than average May. I wouldn't be surprised if May 2022 ended up colder than average.

[snow drift]

8 minutes ago, Phil said:

What was 1980 like out there? That year keeps popping up in the z500 pattern analogs and has been for a few months now.

I just looked at April 1980. It was warmer than average in Spokane. We had 80s at the end of April.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

26 minutes ago, Phil said:

What was 1980 like out there? That year keeps popping up in the z500 pattern analogs and has been for a few months now.

Looks about average temps, slightly below average rainfall.

Edited April 27, 2022 by SilverFallsAndrew

[MossMan]

I must have blocked 2011 from my memory since I do not remember how miserable it was. Probably what I will do in 2033 looking back at this month. 

[snow drift]

15 minutes ago, MossMan said:

I must have blocked 2011 from my memory since I do not remember how miserable it was. Probably what I will do in 2033 looking back at this month. 

It was ugly

[T-Town]

5 hours ago, SilverFallsAndrew said:

Geez... My house has tripled in value since I bought it in 2011, still a lot cheaper than your area. 

Tacoma is still a couple notches down from King County but it’s seriously crazy everywhere. Tripling in value in 11 years is pretty nuts, although you bought near the bottom of the bursted housing bubble. 

[BLI snowman]

30 minutes ago, MossMan said:

I must have blocked 2011 from my memory since I do not remember how miserable it was. Probably what I will do in 2033 looking back at this month. 

Big tornado outbreak that day!!

[SilverFallsAndrew]

12 minutes ago, T-Town said:

Tacoma is still a couple notches down from King County but it’s seriously crazy everywhere. Tripling in value in 11 years is pretty nuts, although you bought near the bottom of the bursted housing bubble. 

Oh yeah I bought at the bottom. The one good financial decision I've made in my life. lol

 

36 minutes ago, MossMan said:

I must have blocked 2011 from my memory since I do not remember how miserable it was. Probably what I will do in 2033 looking back at this month. 

That was when we were in contract to buy the house at 2300', it kept snowing up there. 

[Phishy Wx]

17 minutes ago, BLI snowman said:

Big tornado outbreak that day!!

yup in AL, I was in AL for work when it happened.

[Phil]

Wow.

 

[TT-SEA]

4 minutes ago, Phil said:

Wow.

 

I would pay good money to follow 1904!  

Wow... that was spectacular warm season here.    It rained here on 5 days in May that year.... and then only a couple days in June... and only 5 or 6 days from July - mid October combined!  

Just incredible.  

[NWbyNW]

On 4/26/2022 at 2:34 PM, MossMan said:

Yesterday I was going to run home early and haul more dirt and mulch to my garden but it started pouring around 3pm or so…Had the same thought today as it’s been halfway decent, but the radar looks just like it did yesterday so I’m not going to bother. 

I predict this post gets at least 5 wieners slapped on it! Maybe more!! 

I gave you that fifth wiener just as you predicted.   I didn't want you to be wrong.  But you are right, today is just like yesterday.  Partly sunny in some area and thick n' cloudy in others! 

[NWbyNW]

Wanted to share some photos around the North Puget Sound!  The weather is cool today, with large areas of sunshine, and large areas of NOT sunshine!  Some pics you can see the rain coming down further north!  Very cool clouds and weather!

 

[TT-SEA]

24 minutes ago, NWbyNW said:

Wanted to share some photos around the North Puget Sound!  The weather is cool today, with large areas of sunshine, and large areas of NOT sunshine!  Some pics you can see the rain coming down further north!  Very cool clouds and weather!

 

Nice pics!

[Rubus Leucodermis]

On 4/26/2022 at 12:34 PM, Chewbacca Defense said:

I think the biggest risk for me would be the lack of 4wd/awd.  I get around Bellingham just fine, but it looks like parts of his trip were no joke in terms of icy roads.  Maybe if I went with studded tires.  I'm not gonna lie, I am kinda mulling it over.  In all reality though, It's a stretch for my 6'3" 275# frame to sleep in the back, add in 2-3 weeks of supplies/winter gear, and its probably a bit much.

He was somewhat nuts for doing it in the winter. I was assuming you would do it in the summer, like most do.

[Phil]

1 hour ago, TT-SEA said:

I would pay good money to follow 1904!  

Wow... that was spectacular warm season here.    It rained here on 5 days in May that year.... and then only a couple days in June... and only 5 or 6 days from July - mid October combined!  

Just incredible.  

Makes sense since 1904 was a clean and quick El Niño transition summer. Those are almost always warm/dry in the west due the increase in west-central Pacific convection.

Will probably get one like that in 2023 or 2024.

 

[BLI snowman]

6 minutes ago, Phil said:

Makes sense since 1904 was a solid El Niño transition summer. Those are almost always warm/dry in the west due the increase in west-central Pacific convection.

Will probably get one like that in 2023 or 2024.

 

April 1904 is certainly a great match here locally. We had an 89 degree heat wave that year at the same exact time we were having a 7" snowstorm this year.

#sorryTim

[TacomaWaWx]

55/38 today…no rainfall since yesterday. 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

52/38 with 0.04” of rain today. 

[T-Town]

More clouds. 

[Cascadia_Wx]

56/44 day here. Scattered showers and sunbreaks, and some cool cloud formations. A pretty nice one

[Chewbacca Defense]

3 hours ago, Rubus Leucodermis said:

He was somewhat nuts for doing it in the winter. I was assuming you would do it in the summer, like most do.

I would want to be able to catch the northern lights, so I would have to do it in the spring or fall.  I wouldn't mind getting in on that winter action though

 

Also, it gets pretty messy up there in the spring according to my buddy that works on the north slope

[MossMan]

55/38 on the day. 
Currently 45.

.28” on the day, 4.93” for the month. 
Puffy clouds to the east as I was leaving work around 5pm. 

[TacomaWaWx]

Average temp for March was 47.0…April is still at 46.2 currently. We’re already wetter than March so far this month and very likely we finish colder. 
 We will see how May goes. My best guess is it won’t be nearly as anomalous. I think it’ll be a slightly wetter than normal month…which is probably not a bad bet considering the models are showing us getting consistent precip chances in the first week. I think the month will end with close to average temps.