April 2019 Climate Summary

North and Central Georgia

April 2019 Climate Summary

For April, the majority of locations were about 1 to 4 degrees warmer than normal and 0 to 3 inches wetter than normal.

Monthly Top 10 Rankings
*None*

*Complete rankings in tables below

April Avg. Temperature (°F) and Rankings

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Site	Avg. Temp. and Current Ranking	Normal	Dep. from Normal	Record
Athens	63.9 (24^th Warmest)	61.7	+2.2	67.3 (1981)
Atlanta	65.3 (14^th Warmest)	62.0	+3.3	67.8 (2017)
Columbus	66.5 (33rd Warmest)	64.6	+1.9	70.8 (1927)
Macon	65.3 (38^th Warmest)	63.4	+1.9	69.2 (1954)
Cartersville	61.9	59.2	+2.7
DeKalb Peachtree Arpt	62.4	61.6	+0.8
Fulton Co. Arpt	63.3	61.0	+2.3
Gainesville	62.7	60.4	+2.3
Peachtree City	64.1	60.5	+3.6
Rome	63.4	59.8	+3.6

Temp. Extremes (°F) for April

Site	Warmest Temp.	Coldest Temp.
Athens	86 (4/30)	33 (4/1)
Atlanta	85 (4/29,4/30)	38 (4/1)
Columbus	88 (4/30)	41 (4/1,4/3)
Macon	88 (4/29,4/30)	36 (4/1)
Cartersville	85 (4/29,4/30)	31 (4/1,4/3*)
DeKalb Peachtree Arpt	84 (4/29,4/30)	31 (4/1*)
Fulton Co. Arpt	86 (4/29,4/30)	32 (4/1*)
Gainesville	83 (4/30)	33 (4/1*)
Peachtree City	87 (4/29.4/30)	35 (4/1,4/3)
Rome	88 (4/30)	34 (4/1,4/3)

* Set record for day

April Precipitation Totals (in) and Rankings

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Site	Avg. Temp. and Current Ranking	Normal	Dep. from Normal	Record
Athens	3.38 (63rd Wettest)	3.15	+0.23	11.60 (1936)
Atlanta	6.34 (19^th Wettest)	3.36	+2.98	11.86 (1979)
Columbus	4.36 (51st Wettest)	3.55	+0.81	11.67 (1953)
Macon	2.90 (68^th Wettest)	2.96	-0.06	10.25 (1938)
Cartersville	4.58	3.91	+0.67
DeKalb Peachtree Arpt	7.10	3.65	+3.45
Fulton Co. Arpt	6.01	3.74	+2.27
Gainesville	6.31	3.56	+2.75
Peachtree City	7.02	3.92	+3.10
Rome	3.71	4.05	-0.34

Precip. Extremes (in) for April

Site	Highest Daily Amount
Athens	2.14 (4/19)*
Atlanta	3.37 (4/19)*
Columbus	1.44 (4/19)
Macon	0.91 (4/8)
Cartersville	2.20 (4/19)*
DeKalb Peachtree Arpt	3.26 (4/19)*
Fulton Co. Arpt	2.56 (4/19)*
Gainesville	3.01 (4/19)*
Peachtree City	4.37 (4/19)*
Rome	1.03 (4/19)

* Set record for day

Heavy rainfall and severe storms occurred on the 19th of April. For more information, click the image to view to our webpage with details about the day.

Records Set This April:

Athens

Low Maximum Temperature Record
- 52 on 4/20 (breaks old record of 54 last set in 1953)
Daily Precipitation Record
- 2.14 on 4/19 (breaks old record of 1.75 last set in 1943)

Atlanta

Daily Precipitation Record
- 3.37 on 4/19 (breaks old record of 1.45 last set in 1940)

No records were set at Columbus or Macon.

May Outlook

Based on the Climate Prediction Center’s May outlook, all of north and central Georgia has a 50 to 60% chance of above normal temperatures. For precipitation, much of north and all of central Georgia has a 33 to 40% chance of above normal precipitation.

Data prepared by the Atlanta Forecast Office.