Last week's temperatures averaged out to 5.2 degrees above average, taking on a typical late March/early April look with temperatures pretty mild for much of the week. Only Wednesday's 48 and 32 degree high and low, respectively, came in below average on the whole compared to where we need to be (highs around 50, lows right around freezing). Milder overnight lows (in the lower 40's) certainly help...and the fact that we had two soggy systems bring 2.90" of rain in five days aided thanks to additional cloud cover to help bump temperatures up at night. While Philly picked up three inches of rain from the storm, some areas to the north and west picked up more, with Mount Pocono's five inches from Thursday's storm more than what we received in both storms combined.
The milder regime that we're experiencing is hitting up most of the country -- with only the Northern Plains experiencing any significant cooling at this point as temperatures there continue to remain a good bit below average. Fargo, ND, has been ten degrees below average so far this month and still has a foot of snow on the ground. Rapid City, SD, has been thirteen degrees below average and had a foot of snow on the ground as recently as three days ago...a Chinook wind helped boost their temperatures for a day to near 60 and the snow quickly melted but despite the one day warmth they have been significantly below average. Outside of that region, most of the country is pretty much at or above average on temperatures so far this month.
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