April has been drier than normal this year. We’ve seen just 0.22″ of rain at Camp Mabry in Austin. In fact, this month will end up being one of the warmer, drier Aprils on record.

Here’s more from the National Weather Service:

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
736 AM CDT MON APR 30 2012

...APRIL 2012 IS BECOMING ONE OF THE DRIER AND WARMER APRILS
OF RECORD...

APRIL 2012 IS SHAPING UP TO BE ONE OF THE WARMER AND DRIER APRILS
OF RECORD FOR AUSTIN...DEL RIO...AND SAN ANTONIO.  THIS IS SIMILAR
TO HOW APRIL 2011 WAS.  THE INFORMATION BELOW APPLIES TO APRIL 1ST
TO APRIL 29TH.  AFTER TODAY...APRIL 30TH...THE FINAL FIGURES FOR
ALL OF APRIL 2012 COULD CHANGE SLIGHTLY.

SO FAR FROM APRIL 1ST TO APRIL 29TH THIS YEAR...APRIL 2012 IS THE
6TH WARMEST AND 6TH DRIEST APRIL FOR AUSTIN MABRY...1854 TO 2012...
THE 12TH WARMEST AND 3RD DRIEST AT AUSTIN BERGSTROM...1943 TO 2012...
THE 8TH WARMEST APRIL AT DEL RIO...1906 TO 2012...AND SO FAR THE
10TH WARMEST APRIL AND A TIE WITH APRIL 2011 FOR THE 2ND DRIEST
APRIL AT SAN ANTONIO...1871 TO 2012 FOR RAIN AND 1885 TO 2012
FOR TEMPERATURE.  THESE FIGURES COULD CHANGE SLIGHTLY AFTER
TODAY...APRIL 30TH.

THE PRELIMINARY LISTS FOR HOW APRIL 2012 COMPARED TO APRILS IN
THE PAST IS LISTED BELOW.  THE DATA FOR APRIL 2012 IS FOR
APRIL 1ST TO APRIL 29TH.

WARMEST APRILS AT AUSTIN MABRY

 1.  76.1 - 2011
 2.  75.9 - 1967
 3.  75.8 - 1893
 4.  74.9 - 2006
 5.  74.4 - 1925
 6.  73.6 - APRIL 1ST TO 29TH...2012
 7.  73.5 - 1972
 8.  73.4 - 2002
 9.  73.2 - 1888
10.  72.9 - 1955 AND 1963

WARMEST APRILS AT AUSTIN BERGSTROM

 1.  76.1 - 1967
 2.  74.4 - 1972
 3.  74.3 - 1954
 4.  74.2 - 2006
 5.  74.1 - 1955
 6.  73.8 - 2011
 7.  73.1 - 1943...1963 AND 1986
 8.  72.8 - 2002
 9.  72.6 - 1948
10.  72.2 - 1991
11.  72.1 - 1981
12.  71.5 - APRIL 1 TO 29...2012

WARMEST APRILS AT DEL RIO

 1.  78.4 - 2011
 2.  77.0 - 2002
 3.  76.7 - 2006
 4.  76.1 - 1967
 5.  76.0 - 1925 AND 1963
 6.  75.6 - 1986
 7.  75.5 - 1955
 8.  75.4 - APRIL 1 TO 29...2012
 9.  75.3 - 1972
10.  75.0 - 1948

WARMEST APRILS AT SAN ANTONIO

 1.  76.7 - 2006
 2.  76.6 - 1967
 3.  75.6 - 2011
 4.  74.6 - 1963
 5.  74.3 - 1893
 6.  74.2 - 1925
 7.  74.1 - 1894
 8.  73.8 - 1955
 9.  73.7 - 1892...1954 AND 1972
10.  73.6 - APRIL 1 TO 29...2012

DRIEST APRILS AT AUSTIN MABRY SINCE 1856

1. TRACE  1887
2. 0.06   1984
3. 0.10   1892...1961 AND 2003
4. 0.16   1983
5. 0.20   1893
6. 0.22   APRIL 1 TO 29...2012
7. 0.27   2011

DRIEST APRILS AT AUSTIN BERGSTROM SINCE 1943

1. 0.03   1984
2. 0.06   2003
3. 0.09   APRIL 1 TO 29...2012
4. 0.19   2011
5. 0.21   1944
6. 0.23   1983
7  0.24   1961

DRIEST APRILS AT SAN ANTONIO SINCE 1871

1. 0.01 2005
2. 0.03 2011 AND APRIL 1 TO 29...2012
3. 0.05 1998
4. 0.11 1984
5. 0.14 1955
6. 0.16 1892
7. 0.17 2003

AT DEL RIO RAINFALL FROM APRIL 1ST TO APRIL 29TH...2012 WAS
0.73 INCHES.  APRIL 2012 FOR DEL RIO IS NOT ONE OF THE TOP
10 DRIEST APRILS.

DRIEST APRILS AT DEL RIO SINCE 1906

1. TRACE 1953
2. 0.01 1955...1998 AND 2011
3. 0.02 1920
4. 0.05 1956
5. 0.06 2008
6. 0.09 1907 AND 2005
7. 0.11 2003