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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
727 PM CDT FRI MAY 3 2013

...WETTEST APRIL IN NASHVILLE SINCE 1984 AND THE 9TH WETTEST ON
RECORD...

FLOODING RAINS THAT FELL ON THE 27TH AND 28TH BROUGHT THE RAINFALL
FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL TO 7.63 INCHES WHICH IS 3.63 INCHES ABOVE
NORMAL AND THE MOST RAIN TO FALL IN APRIL SINCE 8.41 INCHES FELL
IN APRIL 1984. A NEW CALENDAR DAY RAINFALL RECORD WAS SET ON APRIL
27TH...WHEN 3.30 INCHES FELL...BREAKING THE OLD RECORD OF 2.51
INCHES SET OVER A HUNDRED YEARS AGO IN 1912. THE WETTEST APRIL ON
RECORD WAS IN 1874 WHEN 11.84 INCHES FELL.

APRIL 2013 AVERAGED JUST ABOUT NORMAL IN TEMPERATURE WITH AN AVERAGE
MONTHLY TEMPERATURE OF 59.2 DEGREES WHICH IS 0.2 DEGREE ABOVE
NORMAL. THE WARMEST TEMPERATURE DURING THE MONTH WAS 88 DEGREES ON
THE 17TH AND THE COOLEST WAS 34 DEGREES ON THE 3RD.

NO CALENDAR DAY TEMPERATURE RECORDS WERE TIED OR BROKEN DURING THE
MONTH.

NO SNOW OR SLEET FELL AT THE NASHVILLE AIRPORT DURING APRIL BUT
THERE WAS SLEET OBSERVED IN THE NASHVILLE AREA DURING THE
AFTERNOON OF THE 2ND.

THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRED ON 5 DAYS.

THE AVERAGE WIND SPEED WAS 7.5 MILES AN HOUR. THE FASTEST GUST WAS
39 MILES AN HOUR ON THE 18TH AND 24TH.

FOG OCCURRED ON 14 DAYS WITH DENSE FOG ON 2 DAYS.

...

...CLARKSVILLE WAS WELL ABOVE NORMAL IN RAINFALL AND NEAR NORMAL
IN TEMPERATURE...

RAINFALL TOTALED 7.55 INCHES WHICH IS 3.08 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL.
THE GREATEST RAINFALL IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD WAS 3.10 INCHES ON THE
27TH AND 28TH.

CLARKSVILLE'S TEMPERATURE AVERAGED 57.4 DEGREES WHICH IS 0.2
DEGREE BELOW NORMAL.

THE WARMEST TEMPERATURE AT OUTLAW FIELD WAS 88 DEGREES ON THE 27TH
AND COOLEST WAS 32 DEGREES ON THE 25TH.

THERE WERE 6 DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORMS.

THE AVERAGE WIND SPEED WAS 7.3 MILES AN HOUR. THE FASTEST GUST WAS
39 MILES AN HOUR ON THE 18TH.

FOG OCCURRED ON 15 DAYS WITH DENSE FOG ON 3 DAYS.

...

...CROSSVILLE WAS WELL ABOVE NORMAL IN RAINFALL AND NEAR NORMAL IN
TEMPERATURE...

RAINFALL TOTALED 7.48 INCHES WHICH IS 2.66 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL.
THE GREATEST RAINFALL IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD WAS 2.72 INCHES ON THE
27TH AND 28TH.

CROSSVILLE'S TEMPERATURE AVERAGED 55.3 DEGREES WHICH IS 0.5 DEGREE
BELOW NORMAL.

THE WARMEST TEMPERATURE WAS 82 DEGREES ON THE 10TH AND COOLEST WAS
29 DEGREES ON THE 20TH.

THERE WERE 5 DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORMS.

THE AVERAGE WINDS SPEED WAS 5.6 MILES AN HOUR. THE FASTEST GUST
WAS 44 MILES AN HOUR ON THE 18TH.

FOG OCCURRED ON 13 DAYS WITH DENSE FOG ON 4 DAYS.


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BOYD




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