News: April turns out to be 10th warmest on record

By Frank Macek, Web Weather Producer

CLEVELAND -- The month of April wound up on the warm side for northeast Ohio, becoming the 10th warmest on record with an average temperature of 52.3 degrees. The warmest was set in 1955 with 55.9 degrees.

Mansfield also had the 10th warmest April since 1985's record of 54.4 degrees. This year wound up with an average daily temperature of 51.3 degrees.

That city also have the 8th driest April on record with only 1.96 inches of rain. The all time driest for Mansfield is .75 inches in 1971.

On April 30th, the city also set a new record low with 29 degrees, beating the old record of 30 set in 1963.

Youngstown wound up with the 6th warmest April at 51.9 degrees. The warmest on record is 53.6 degrees in 1955.

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