So, what does this last day of April bring us? The tail end of Wednesday’s weak weather system could have dropped a little moisture early here and there but skies will break up by afternoon and we enjoy another nice day. Temperatures will be closer to normal, about 64 degrees, so don’t get too comfortable or spoiled with all this 70-degree weather of late.
We had a whole week’s worth of 70-degree-plus weather, yep seven days’ worth. Rainfall as of 5 p.m. Wednesday totaled .91 of an inch. Some light scattered showers or drizzle was expected around the county but it is possible the official gauge for Vancouver at Pearson Field measured less than enough to reach the 1-inch mark.
Checking the monthly statistics, this month is the driest since July. But that was summer, not spring, so this is quite unusual to get an inch or less of those April showers. It could be the driest April since the mid-1960s, still waiting for the month to end to score that one.
Although we enjoyed many 70-degree days, we never reached the upper milestone of 80 degrees plus. But guess what? It may be coming to blue skies over you. Just not this weekend. In fact, we have quite the opposite. A good soaking rain Saturday and Sunday with amounts hopefully a half-inch to 1 inch around Clark County. Boy we surely need that.