A Week of Weather

(April 2-April 8, 2017)

By Dennis C. Pike

FARMINGTON — This week, the maximum temperature was 51.8° and the minimum 21.3. The average temperature was 36.4°. Total precipitation was 1.74 inches. Last year at this time, the maximum was 50.1° and the minimum was 9.3°, with an average temperature of 31.2°, and precipitation of 1.13 inches.

DATE/DAY HIGH LOW PRECIP. CONDITIONS

4/2 Sun. 48.7 27.8  0.00  FA

4/03 Mon. 51.8 21.3 0.00 CLOUDY

4/04 Tues. 35.0 27.1 0.38F CL-RA

4/05 Wed. 38.1 30.2 0.12*F CL

4/06 Thurs. 37.4 32.3 1.16*F CL-RA

4/07 Fri. 49.4 34.1 0.08*F CL

**4/08 Sat. 41.5 35.1 0.00 PT. CL

**Max. wind: 24 MPH (04/08). Total precipitation – (Year to Date) 14.40 inches. Average daily snow cover: 17.4 inches. CL = cloudy, PT-CL = partly cloudy, T = Thunder Showers, FO = Fog, FA = fair, HA = haze, MI = mist, WI = wind, RA = rain, *= Snow and/or Mixed Precipitation – Ground Fog, SN = snow, SL = sleet, TR = trace