LIVE: April 2025's final numbers were not very surprising
AUSTIN (KXAN) — The final numbers for April reveal something that did not come as too much of a surprise for Central Texas.
Temperatures were above normal as 26 of the 30 days showed warmer-than-normal highs, topped by 93° on the 13, 14, and 18 of April. Those three days contributed to the average high temperature of 85.4°, 5.1° above normal.
There were three highs below normal (62° on the 5, 59° on the 6, and 72° on the 7 of April) and one day at normal (70° on the 8 of April). That means that the last 22 days had above-normal highs.
Mornings were mild, with only three mornings below 50°, the coolest being 39° on the 7. The average for the month was 62.2°, 3.3° above normal.
The month showed an average temperature of 73.8°, 4.2° above normal. April is typically the seventh warmest month of the year.
Most, if not all, of Central Texas had below normal rainfall. April is normally the tenth wettest (or third driest) month of a calendar year. The first 15 days of the month only saw .12″ measured. The last full week of April (the 20th to the 26th) produced 1.95″ for a monthly total of 2.07″. This is .35″ below normal.
This turned out to be the ninth consecutive month where the Austin reporting station had a month of below normal rainfall. Going back to Austin, only 12.88″ of rain has been measured. That’s barely above 50% of what is normal for those ninth months, which is 25.57″, a deficit of 12.69″.
July, 2024 is the last month with a rain total above normal, with 3.03″ measured, a surplus of 1.07″.
May is the wettest month of the year with an average of 5.04″. May 2024 was a good month as the Austin rain gauge accumulated 6.20″.
The final standings for April 2025 show it being the 5th warmest and the 52nd driest. Austin-Bergstrom had its 11 warmest and 30 driest April.
On April 30 the Climate Prediction Center updated its May 2025 forecast to show an above-normal precipitation outlook along with slightly warmer-than-normal temperatures.
