Ticker for May 4, 2006

                
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In Like a Dehydrated Lion, Out like a Well-Done Rack of Lamb

Preliminary data inidcates that this April appears to have been the
warmest on record, dating to the mid-1890s. The state's average
temperature of 65.6 degrees bested 1981's previous mark by two-tenths
of a degree. The record-setting warmth was centered in the southwest.
The record warmth also help the first four months of 2006 become the
warmest on record.

Much more detail is available in OCS's Monthly Summary:
http://climate.mesonet.org/monthly_summary.html