April 2012 - A Look Ahead

The tables below consist of monthly normal for April as well as daily extremes and what happened last year.

Aberdeen
	High	Low	Average	Precipitation	Snowfall
Monthly Normal	57	31.8	44.4	1.85	3.1
Last Year	52.1	33.1	42.6	2.98	5.5

Daily Extremes		Day and Year		Last Year	Day
Record High	98	30 – 1992		71	29^th
Record Low	-2	3 – 1975		22	16^th
Precipitation	3.65	13 – 1912		0.69	15^th
Snowfall	13.1	12 – 1970		5.2	15^th
The normal temperature on the 1^st is 49 for the high and 26 for the low. The normal temperature on the 30^th is 64 for the high and 38 for the low. Sunrise on the 1^st is at 7:13 AM with a sunset at 8:03 PM CDT. Sunrise on the 30^th is at 6:23 AM with a sunset at 8:40 PM CDT.
Pierre
	High	Low	Average	Precipitation	Snowfall
Monthly Normal	59.7	32.4	47.0	1.81	3.7
Last Year	53.8	32.6	43.2	2.26	4.8

Daily Extremes		Day and Year		Last Year	Day
Record High	98	21 – 1980		73	7^th, 29^th
Record Low	1	3 – 1936		17	16^th
Precipitation	2.13	26 – 1964		0.77	15^th
Snowfall	13.4	14 – 1986		4.3	15^th
The normal temperature on the 1^st is 53 for the high and 29 for the low. The normal temperature on the 30^th is 66 for the high and 40 for the low. Sunrise on the 1^st is at 7:22 AM with a sunset at 8:09 PM CDT. Sunrise on the 30^th is at 6:33 AM with a sunset at 8:45 PM CDT.
Mobridge
	High	Low	Average	Precipitation	Snowfall
Monthly Normal	58	32.5	45.3	1.57	3.2
Last Year	51.7	31.1	41.4	2.68	8.7

Daily Extremes		Day and Year		Last Year	Day
Record High	96	30 – 1992		73	29^th
Record Low	-1	1 – 1975		15	15^th
Precipitation	2.25	20 – 1971		0.78	7^th
Snowfall	11.8	13 – 1970		3.0	14^th
The normal temperature on the 1^st is 50 for the high and 28 for the low. The normal temperature on the 31^st is 49 for the high and 27 for the low. Sunrise on the 1^st is at 7:21 AM with a sunset at 8:11 PM CDT. Sunrise on the 30^th is at 6:31 AM with a sunset at 8:48 PM CDT.
Watertown
	High	Low	Average	Precipitation	Snowfall
Monthly Normal	55.6	32.1	43.8	2.02	3.3
Last Year	50.5	31.6	41.0	1.15	1.0

Daily Extremes		Day and Year		Last Year	Day
Record High	95	21 – 1980		71	12^th
Record Low	-10	5 – 1926		24	17^th
Precipitation	3.25	14 – 1912		0.23	30^th
Snowfall	19.0	25 – 2008		1.0	16^th
The normal temperature on the 1^st is 47 for the high and 26 for the low. The normal temperature on the 30^th is 63 for the high and 38 for the low. Sunrise on the 1^st is at 7:08 AM with a sunset at 7:57 PM CDT. Sunrise on the 30^th is at 6:19 AM with a sunset at 8:33 PM CDT.
Sisseton
	High	Low	Average	Precipitation	Snowfall
Monthly Normal	56.3	32.6	44.5	2.28	3.8
Last Year	51.3	34.3	42.8	1.54	0.7

Daily Extremes		Day and Year		Last Year	Day
Record High	99	21 – 1980		68	12^th
Record Low	-3	7 – 1936		27	5^th, 21^st
Precipitation	3.66	13 – 1912		0.34	22^nd
Snowfall	9.0	5 – 1901		0.7	15^th

The normal temperature on the 1^st is 48 for the high and 27 for the low. The normal temperature on the 30^th is 65 for the high and 40 for the low.

Sunrise on the 1^st is at 7:07 AM with a sunset at 7:57 PM CDT.

Sunrise on the 30^th is at 6:17 AM with a sunset at 8:35 PM CDT.

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Phases of the Moon

Phase	Date
Full Moon	April 6^th
Last Quarter	April 13^th
New Moon	April 21^st
First Quarter	April 29^th

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Saturn closest, brightest, opposite the sun April 15

2012 Lyrid meteors best before dawn April 21 and 22

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