April showers have produced full month’s worth of rainfall

Nick Guzzo
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BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – ‘Rain, rain, go away’ has been what many are saying recently as rain showers have been frequent across Western New York.

We are a little over halfway through April, and 10 days have featured some form of precipitation so far which has lead to Western New York already seeing 100% of normal rainfall for the month – with a few select spots seeing 200% of normal rainfall in northern Pennsylvania. This number takes into account part of March which saw below normal precipitation which makes these values even more impressive.

<sup>The green shaded areas represent a 100% of normal rainfall over the past 30 days while the purple color indicates 200% of normal rainfall.</sup>
The green shaded areas represent a 100% of normal rainfall over the past 30 days while the purple color indicates 200% of normal rainfall.

April 4 and 5 featured minimal snow accumulation while the rest of the days were rain. As of April 16, 3.76 inches of precipitation has been recorded at the Buffalo Airport. Of that 3.76″, 0.09″ was snow.

On average, by April 16, the airport picks up 1.82″ of precipitation, which means we are almost 2 inches above normal for the month so far. We have already surpassed the monthly average of 3.37″ of precipitation.

Additional rain is forecasted for the next couple of days where some locations may pick up an additional inch.

<sup>In the graphic above, sky cover, temperature, and snow and precipitation accumulation for April so far are shown. The liquid equivalent of snow was measure at 0.09″ and leaves the rest of the precipitation total so far being rain at 3.67″ which is almost 2″ above the normal 1.82″ amount.</sup>
In the graphic above, sky cover, temperature, and snow and precipitation accumulation for April so far are shown. The liquid equivalent of snow was measure at 0.09″ and leaves the rest of the precipitation total so far being rain at 3.67″ which is almost 2″ above the normal 1.82″ amount.

Nick Guzzo is a meteorologist who joined the 4 Warn Weather team in October 2023. See more of his work, here.

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