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A chronicle of American weather and climate  ·  Wednesday, 16 September 2026

Weather Trader Notebook MILEPOST 259

April 8, 2024 Heavy Rain For Texas and Severe Weather

Warmer than normal across much of the Lower 48 for the next 2-weeks, finally

What the month did

April 2024 was the 15th-warmest April in the 132-year national record (1895–2026), at 53.6°F against a 1991–2020 normal of 51.8°F (+1.8°F).

April 2024 was the 37th-wettest April in the 132-year national record (1895–2026), at 2.8in against a 1991–2020 normal of 2.7in (+0.1in).

NOAA/NCEI Climate at a Glance, contiguous United States. This is the observed record for the month, not a score of anything said in this piece — the forecast ledger begins 2026-08-17 and cannot reach earlier posts.

The lights went out in Georgia around 3 PM ET as the moon blocked out about 85% of the sun’s downward shortwave radiation flux.

Temperatures cooled by 5° to 7°F over the course of the 2 PM ET to 3 PM ET hour. Then, once the sun emerged again, the temperatures went right back up like it was only a passing shower or cloud cover.

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