March was quite mild and brought well below-average precipitation. You can check here for a look back at the numbers.

While the first half of April brought a continuation of that pattern, a change will bring us near to below-average temperatures.


What You Need To Know

  • A shift in the jet stream will bring us cooler weather

  • After the 8th-driest March on record and a dry start to April, wetter weather will be with us

  • The next 8 to 14 days will bring below-average temperatures

  • Precipitation will be near to above average

The jet stream's position kept the cold air locked up to our north during March and the first half of April. We had a ridge in the East and a trough in the West. 

A shift in the flow across the globe is going to force colder-than-average temperatures our way.

On April 9, Alaska had record cold settling in and there were signs it was going to head our way.

A short time later, France was taking a hard hit from the cold impacting their vineyards.

The cold temperatures experienced in these areas will move into the eastern half of the United States as the jet stream shifts.

While our average high temperature in Rochester rises from the mid-50s to the low 60s from mid-April to the end of the month, the changing pattern will bring cooler-than-average weather.

That typically means more clouds and a wetter-than-average pattern. Some of our communities will even see some snowflakes before the month is done.