Climate change is making Philadelphia hotter and wetter. April followed this trend with an unusually warm and wet month, according to Climate Central.
Philadelphia’s average April temperature of 58.3°F was 3.8° above normal. Since 1970, Aprils in the City of Brotherly Love have increased by an average of 3.7°F.
The rainfall added up: the cumulative 5.17 inches of precipitation was 149% of the normal amount.
NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center is predicting that May will be slightly warmer than normal.
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