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

The average temperature was 49.7 degrees — 3.0 degrees above normal. High temperatures averaged 65.8 degrees — 5.4 degrees above normal. The highest was 81 degrees on April 21. Low temperatures averaged 33.5 degrees — 0.6 degrees above normal. The lowest was 26 degrees, on April 16.

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

Precipitation totaled 0.77 inches during April — 0.62 inches below normal. Measurable precipitation — at least .01 inch — was received on eight days, with the heaviest, 0.21 inches, reported April 4.

Precipitation this year has reached 3.09 inches — 1.30 inches below normal. Since October, the water year precipitation at John Day has been 5.6 inches — 2.37 inches below normal.

The highest wind gust was 37 mph on April 22.

The outlook for May from NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center calls for above normal temperatures and near-to-above normal precipitation. Normal highs for John Day rise from 65.0 degrees at the start of May to 73.0 degrees at the end of May. Normal lows rise from 36.0 degrees to 43.0 degrees. The 30 year normal precipitation is 1.90 inches.