Full of highs and lows.
April 8th 2018
Another morning waking up to temperatures below freezing. And I’m getting damn sick of it.
But April is that transition from winter to (mud season) spring.
1923 was a really cold April. As was 1982.
| Barre Montpelier, VT | April Record Low | 2 °F | April 05, 1954 | Average April Low: 32 °F | |
| Burlington, VT | April Record Low | 2 °F | April 07, 1972 | Average April Low: 35 °F | |
| Cavendish, VT | April Record Low | -2 °F | April 01, 1923 | Average April Low: 30 °F | |
| Edward F Knapp State Park, VT | April Record Low | 7 °F | April 05, 1995 | Average April Low: 33 °F | |
| Enosburg Falls, VT | April Record Low | -7 °F | April 02, 1911 | Average April Low: 33 °F | |
| Essex Junction, VT | April Record Low | 2 °F | April 06, 1995 | Average April Low: 33 °F | |
| Mt Mansfield, VT | April Record Low | -13 °F | April 07, 1982 | Average April Low: 25 °F | |
| Newport, VT | April Record Low | -2 °F | April 01, 1964 | Average April Low: 31 °F | |
| Rochester, VT | April Record Low | 1 °F | April 07, 1982 | Average April Low: 30 °F | |
| Rutland, VT | April Record Low | -19 °F | April 19, 1923 | Average April Low: 34 °F | |
| South Hero, VT | April Record Low | 8 °F | April 07, 1972 | Average April Low: 35 °F | |
| St Albans, VT | April Record Low | 6 °F | April 06, 1982 | Average April Low: 35 °F |
However 1976 and 1990 were really hot !
I remember well, of course 1976 was back during a time of global cooling. By the 1990’s it was flipped 180 degrees (no pun intended) to global warming.The climate change people would really like to cosign the former down the memory hole.
I could get into the politics of climate change, how it’s being used as a cudgel by progressives in an effort to control our lives but not now.
We’ll just leave with the notion that April is a month that can run hot or cold, warm or cool, wet or dry, and everything in between.
But warm is better.
| Barre Montpelier, VT | April Record High | 90 °F | April 18, 1976 | Average April High: 53 °F | |
| Burlington, VT | April Record High | 91 °F | April 18, 1976 | Average April High: 55 °F | |
| Cavendish, VT | April Record High | 93 °F | April 20, 1941 | Average April High: 55 °F | |
| Edward F Knapp State Park, VT | April Record High | 90 °F | April 18, 1976 | Average April High: 55 °F | |
| Enosburg Falls, VT | April Record High | 89 °F | April 27, 2009 | Average April High: 57 °F | |
| Essex Junction, VT | April Record High | 91 °F | April 18, 2002 | Average April High: 55 °F | |
| Mt Mansfield, VT | April Record High | 74 °F | April 28, 1990 | Average April High: 40 °F | |
| Newport, VT | April Record High | 87 °F | April 19, 1976 | Average April High: 54 °F | |
| Rochester, VT | April Record High | 91 °F | April 29, 1990 | Average April High: 55 °F | |
| Rutland, VT | April Record High | 92 °F | April 28, 1990 | Average April High: 57 °F | |
| South Hero, VT | April Record High | 88 °F | April 27, 1990 | Average April High: 54 °F | |
| St Albans, VT | April Record High | 88 °F | April 27, 1990 | Average April High: 53 °F |