Global Warming?

If you thought that April was pretty chilly here in the Inland Northwest, you were right.

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
455 PM PST THU MAY 1 2008

...A COLD APRIL FOR MANY LOCATIONS...

SEVERAL COLD WEATHER SYSTEMS IMPACTED THE INLAND NORTHWEST DURING
THE MONTH OF APRIL. THIS RESULTED IN WELL BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES
FOR THE MONTH. SELECTED LOCATIONS STATISTICS ARE SHOWN BELOW
COMPARING APRIL OF 2008 TO PAST APRIL YEARS.

SITE APRIL AVG RANK RECORDS BEGAN
SPOKANE INTL 42.0 4TH COOLEST (TIED) 1881
WENATCHEE 46.6 COOLEST (TIED) 1959
LEWISTON 47.1 5TH COOLEST (TIED) 1881
EPHRATA 45.5 3RD COOLEST 1948
MOSES LAKE 45.5 4TH COOLEST 1947
OMAK 43.2 COOLEST 1931
PULLMAN 42.8 10TH COOLEST 1940

...OTHER NOTEWORTHY STATISTIC FOR SPOKANE INTERNATIONAL...

FOR APRIL OF 2008...4.8 INCHES OF SNOW FELL MAKING IT THE 4TH
SNOWIEST APRIL ON RECORD. FOR MARCH AND APRIL COMBINED OF
2008...20.6 INCHES OF SNOW FELL MAKING IT THE SNOWIEST MARCH AND
APRIL PERIOD ON RECORD. THE PREVIOUS MARCH-APRIL SNOWFALL RECORD
WAS 16.4 INCHES SET BACK IN 1897.