According to preliminary data received by NOAA’s National Weather Service in Pendleton, temperatures at the Redmond airport averaged warmer than normal during the month of April.

The average temperature was 47.2 degrees which was 2.9 degrees above normal. High Temperatures averaged 64.5 degrees, which was 4.9 degrees above normal. The highest was 79 degrees on the 28th. Low temperatures averaged 30.0 degrees, which was 0.9 degrees above normal. The lowest was 16 degrees, on the 2nd.

There were 17 days with the low temperature below 32 degrees.

Precipitation totaled 0.61 inches during April, which was 0.12 inches below normal. Measurable precipitation -at least .01 inch- was received on 6 days with the heaviest, 0.24 inches reported on the 5th.

Precipitation this year has reached 2.07 inches, which is 0.94 inches below normal. Since October, the water year precipitation at the Redmond airport has been 3.71 inches, which is 2.07 inches below normal.

The highest wind gust was 37 mph which occurred on the 29th.

The outlook for May from NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center calls for above normal temperatures and near normal precipitation. Normal highs for the Redmond airport rise from 63.0 degrees at the start of May to 72.0 degrees at the end of May. Normal lows rise from 32.0 degrees to 39.0 degrees. The 30 year normal precipitation is 1.02 inches.

The National Weather Service is an office of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, an agency of the U.S. Commerce Department.