GOVERNMENT FORECASTERS SAY, FOR THE CONTIGUOUS 48 STATES, LAST MONTH WAS THE COLDEST APRIL IN MORE THAN 20 YEARS. BUT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGIST KERRY JONES SAYS THAT WASN’T THE CASE IN THE SOUTHWEST, INCLUDING NEW MEXICO. IN FACT, LAST MONTH WAS THE EIGHTH WARMEST APRIL EVER IN ALBUQUERQUE. AND THE TREND IS CONTINUING INTO MAY.
JONES SAYS WE COULD HAVE FOUR CONSECUTIVE DAYS OF 90 DEGREE HIGHS THIS WEEK. THAT HASN’T HAPPENED THIS EARLY IN ALBUQUERQUE IN MORE THAN 70 YEARS.
