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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
1111 AM EDT WED MAY 5 2010

APRIL ACROSS SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA 
SAW A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE FROM THE VERY COLD AND WET WINTER...WITH 
WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS RETURNING TO THE REGION. THE MONTH FEATURED 
WELL BELOW NORMAL PRECIPITATION...WITH BOTH FLORENCE AND WILMINGTON 
EXPERIENCING A TOP 10 DRIEST APRIL. THE MAJOR CLIMATE STATIONS ALSO 
SAW WELL ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES FOR THE MONTH.

FOR WILMINGTON...

     APRIL HAD AN AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 76.6 DEGREES. THIS IS 
2.5 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL AND IS THE 12TH WARMEST AVERAGE HIGH FOR 
THE MONTH OUT OF 136 YEARS OF RECORD.
     THE AIRPORT RECEIVED ONLY 0.77 INCHES OF RAINFALL DURING THE 
ENTIRE MONTH. ON AVERAGE...APRIL IS THE DRIEST MONTH DURING THE 
YEAR...BUT THE 0.77 IS 2.17 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. APRIL 2010 IS THE 
10TH DRIEST ON RECORD AT WILMINGTON...AND THE DRIEST APRIL SINCE 
2002.
     THE VERY DRY AIR DURING THE MONTH ALLOWED FOR COOL NIGHT TIME 
LOWS WHICH MODIFIED THE MONTHLY AVERAGE TEMPERATURE. THE AVERAGE 
TEMPERATURE AT WILMINGTON FOR THE MONTH WAS 64.2 DEGREES WHICH IS 
1.6 DEGREES ABOVE AVERAGE AND THE 24TH WARMEST ON RECORD.

FOR FLORENCE...

     APRIL HAD AN AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 79.1 DEGREES. THIS IS 
3.1 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL AND IS THE 10TH WARMEST ON RECORD AT 
FLORENCE FROM 62 YEARS OF RECORD.
     FLORENCE RECEIVED ONLY 0.78 INCHES OF RAINFALL DURING THE 
ENTIRE MONTH. APRIL IS ALSO THE DRIEST MONTH ON AVERAGE DURING THE 
YEAR AT FLORENCE...BUT THIS IS 2.00 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. APRIL 2010 
WAS THE 8TH DRIEST ON RECORD AND THE DRIEST APRIL SINCE 2001.
     DRY AIR AND COOL NOCTURNAL TEMPERATURES CONTRIBUTED TO A 
MODIFICATION OF THE AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURES AT FLORENCE AS 
WELL. THE MONTHLY AVERAGE TEMPERATURE AT FLORENCE WAS 64.7 DEGREES. 
THIS IS 1.2 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL AND THE 21ST WARMEST ON RECORD.

     FLORENCE ALSO SET A RECORD HIGH ON APRIL 6TH OF 90 
DEGREES...TYING THE OLD RECORD SET IN 1967. 

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JDW