April Temperature/Precipitation (thru 2008) 
                Normals and Extremes for Galveston (1971-2000)
                     (Temperature Records from 1875)
                    (Precipitation Records from 1871)
                         (last update 5/2/08)

    --------------- TEMPERATURE ---------------------    ------ PRECIPITATION -----
    NORMAL   RECORD       LOW      RECORD       HIGH      RECORD    CUMULATIVE PCPN 
   MAX MIN   MAX YEAR     MAX     MIN YEAR      MIN        PCPN      DAILY YEARLY 
    -------------------------------------------------    --------------------------
 1  73 61    81 1935    56 1915    44 1931*   71 2008     2.15 1955    0.09  9.54 
 2  73 61    80 2006    56 1915    44 1915    71 2008*    3.25 1872    0.17  9.62 
 3  73 62    84 1998    58 1987    40 1936    72 2008*    1.36 1881    0.25  9.70 
 4  73 62    81 1890    58 1949    47 1920    72 1929     1.70 2007    0.33  9.78 
 5  74 62    90 1982    57 1987    41 1920    72 1935*    2.76 1992    0.41  9.86 

 6  74 63    84 1930    58 1898    47 1886    72 1967*    2.91 1934    0.49  9.94 
 7  74 63    86 1930    54 1939    41 2007*   73 1929*    1.48 1909    0.57 10.02 
 8  74 63    86 1998    44 1938    38 1938    74 1882     3.27 1878    0.65 10.10 
 9  74 63    82 1881    54 1928    41 1938    75 1882     2.77 1968    0.73 10.18 
10  74 63    83 1929*   45 1928    41 1928    74 1927     1.88 1926    0.81 10.26 

11  74 64    83 2007    58 1989    41 1928    75 1882     1.96 1884    0.89 10.34 
12  74 64    85 1943    56 1940    46 1940    74 1927     2.78 1901    0.97 10.42 
13  74 64    87 2005    55 1980    43 1940    74 2001*    8.10 1929    1.05 10.50 
14  74 64    82 1999    60 1959    43 1928    74 2001     3.05 1966    1.13 10.58 
15  75 64    85 1878    63 1893    41 1928    74 2001*    1.80 1954    1.21 10.66 

16  75 65    85 1972    62 1928    51 1928    75 1908     1.76 1912    1.29 10.74 
17  75 65    83 1918    65 1947    43 1921    75 1967*    4.99 1973    1.37 10.82 
18  76 65    85 1988    60 1901    44 1901    75 1908     3.80 1938    1.45 10.90 
19  76 65    83 1965    66 1983    48 1953    74 1927     3.18 1893    1.54 10.99 
20  76 66    83 2006    62 1907    52 1884    74 1972*    5.09 1977    1.63 11.08 

21  76 66    86 1987    61 1918    50 1899*   74 2002*    2.02 1890    1.72 11.17 
22  76 66    85 2006    60 1931    48 1884    75 1967*    9.22 1904    1.81 11.26 
23  76 67    86 1971    65 1982*   50 1884    76 1967*    2.64 1885    1.90 11.35 
24  77 67    87 1955    65 1982    54 1877    76 1967     2.75 1926    1.99 11.44 
25  77 67    87 2003*   69 2005    45 1910    76 2006*    2.82 1997    2.08 11.53 

26  77 67    84 1898    65 1947*   57 1911    76 1994     2.88 1911    2.17 11.62 
27  77 68    86 1933    65 1997    52 1920    76 2002*    4.32 1914    2.26 11.71 
28  78 68    87 1987    69 1941*   56 1997    76 2002*    5.40 1941    2.36 11.81 
29  78 68    84 2006*   67 1877    53 1908    77 2002     5.00 1988    2.46 11.91 
30  78 68    92 1953    57 1925    46 1925    76 2002*    1.72 1931    2.56 12.01 

* indicates a record that has been tied on a previous year

APRIL Normals
MEAN TEMPERATURE......70.0F
MEAN PRECIPITATION....2.56"
HEATING DEGREE DAYS...16
COOLING DEGREE DAYS...145 
 
ALLTIME APRIL RECORDS:  
HIGH   92  04/30/1953    
LOW    38  04/08/1938