The team at Bring Me the News is right... the weather has felt extra bad this April. It's rained or snowed 13 of the last 18 days and the average HIGH temp has been 46 degrees in the cities, and don't get me started on THE WIND.
Bring Me the News did a little research:
You know what the average high temp in the Twin Cities has been in April in recent years? Prepare to be jealous. Behold, April in the Twin Cities every year since 2000:
2021: 57.1 degrees (average high temp) -- 14 days over 60, a few over 70, one at 85
2020: 55.4 degrees -- 14 days at least 60 degrees, and three over 70
2019: 55.2 degrees -- 9 days over 60 degrees and four at 70 or warmer
2018: 47.4 degrees -- this one was miserable with 26.1 inches of snow.
2017: 59.3 degrees -- 14 days over 60 and five at 70-plus
2016: 56.9 degrees -- 12 days over 60, including six straight days between 71 and 80
2015: 59.9 degrees -- 17 days over 60 (it was 84 on April 1!)
2014: 51.4 degrees -- 9 days over 60 and a couple in the 70s
2013: 48.6 degrees -- 6.4 inches of snow at MSP on April 18, it was a bad April
2012: 59.6 degrees -- 14 days over 60 and a few over 70
2011: 55.1 degrees -- 10 days over 60
2010: 65.5 degrees -- 27 days over 60! Coldest temp was a morning low of 32
2009: 57.4 degrees -- 12 days over 60 including a high of 85 on April 23
2008: 52.9 degrees -- 10 days over 60 and a few 70s
2007: 57.5 degrees -- 16 days over 60, all of them consecutively to end the month
2006: 63.4 degrees -- 19 days over 60 and a bunch of 70s
2005: 61.7 degrees -- 17 days over 60 and eight over 70
2004: 61.7 degrees -- 14 days over 60, and one day at 88 and another at 91 degrees
2003: 57.8 degrees -- 16 days over 60, a handful over 70 and one at 89 degrees
2002: 54.9 degrees -- 11 days over 60 and three between 84 and 91 degrees
2001: 57.7 degrees -- 12 days over 60, including seven over 70 degrees
2000: 56.6 degrees -- 13 days over 60, including six over 70 degrees
If you're counting, April 2022 has produced two days with temps over 60. Cold, miserable, wet and windy.
Who's ready for June? I am.