The month of April ranked the third wettest on record with rainfall at 12.92 inches recorded at KTLO, Classic Hits 101.7 and The Boot, the official weather reporting station in Mountain Home for the National Weather Service. Average rainfall for April is 4.13 inches. The wettest April on record was in 1927 when 16.87 inches fell.The driest April on record was in 1989 when the area saw just 1.01 of an inch. This April the Twin Lakes Area saw 11 days of precipitation with the 30th having the most at 4.08 inches. That total was only beat twice with 4.10 inches recorded on the first in 1917 and 4.42 inches, on the 23rd, in 2004.
April didn’t set any temperature records. The warmest day for April this year was 90 degrees on the 21st. The hottest April day recorded was 95 degrees on April first, 1940.
The lowest temperature of the month was on the 15th when the thermometer fell to 23 degrees. The lowest temperature recorded for April is 21 degrees and happened twice-once on the first in 1924 and on the 5th in 1920.
No snow was recorded for April this year, which has seen one record snowfall in years past. In April, 1980 two inches of snow fell.
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