April was not 24 hours old before three all-time snowfall records were shattered in the Northeast, according to climatologists at the Northeast Regional Climate Center at Cornell University.

April's temperatures were cooler than normal and the month was also drier than normal.

With 25.4 inches of snowfall recorded on March 31 and April 1, Boston broke its all-time 24-hour snowfall record by almost 2 inches. The old record, 23.6 inches of snowfall, was set on Feb. 6-7, 1978.

Providence, R.I., obliterated its April 24-hour snowfall record by 9.2 inches on March 31-April 1, setting the new mark at 18 inches. The previous April record, 8.8 inches, was set on April 9, 1917.

In Worcester, Mass., a new all-time snowstorm record was set at 33 inches on March 31-April 1, surpassing the old 32.1-inch mark set on Dec. 11-13, 1992.

Cool spring weather continued through the month of April, according to Keith Eggleston, a climatologist at the center. The Northeast's regional average temperature was 2.4 degrees cooler than normal, to make April the 21st coolest April in 103 years of record. West Virginia recorded its eighth coolest April on record, and at 3.8 degrees below normal, the state had the region's largest departure from normal this month.

Temperatures were closer to normal from southern New England through New Jersey. Rhode Island was the state closest to its normal temperature with a minus-0.5 degree departure.

April was also a little dry. Despite the record snowstorm of March 31-April 1, precipitation was below normal throughout the Northeast. Overall, the region reported 77 percent of the normal April precipitation -- making it the 23rd driest April on record. Pennsylvania was the driest state, averaging just 52 percent of normal for the month.

New Hampshire and New Jersey were the only states to report wetter-than-normal, statewide monthly totals with 122 percent and 111 percent of normal, respectively.

New Weather Records

Monthly Snowfall Records (inches)

City                          New     Previous
Providence, R.I.              18.0      9.6 in 1907
Boston                        22.4     13.3 in 1982
Worcester, Mass.              24.0     21.0 in 1987

All-Time Snowstorm Record (inches)

City                          Date           New      Previous
Worcester, Mass.              31st - 1st     33.0     32.1 on Dec. 11-13, 1992

All-Time 24-Hour Snowfall Record (inches)

City                          Date           New      Previous
Boston                        31st - 1st     25.4     23.6 on Feb. 6-7, 1978

April 24-Hour Snowfall Record (inches)

City                          Date           New     Previous
Providence, R.I.              31st - 1st     18.0    8.8 in 1917

High Temperature Records

City                          Date     New     Previous
Atlantic City, N.J. AP (tie)   4th     74¡      74¡  in 1956
Atlantic City, N.J. (tie) (1.) 4th     75¡      75¡  in 1929

Low Temperature Records

City                          Date     New     Previous
Pittsburgh                     9th     27¡      28¡  in 1917
Binghamton, N.Y.               9th     15¡      16¡  in 1977
Burlington, Vt. (tie)          9th     14¡      14¡  in 1885
Montpelier, Vt.                9th      9¡      13¡  in 1977
Rochester, N.Y.                9th     16¡      17¡  in 1977
Central Park, N.Y. (tie)      10th     20¡      20¡  in 1985
Pittsburgh                    10th     18¡      19¡  in 1985
Newark, N.J.                  10th     28¡      29¡  in 1950
National AP, Va.              10th     28¡      29¡  in 1985
Bridgeport, Conn.             10th     27¡      28¡  in 1977
Boston (tie)                  10th     26¡      26¡  in 1985
Providence, R.I. (tie)        10th     25¡      25¡  in 1985
Atlantic City, N.J. AP        11th     26¡      28¡  in 1957
Pittsburgh (tie)              20th     25¡      25¡  in 1926
Morgantown, W.Va.             20th     27¡      28¡  in 1951

Footnote:  (1.) Atlantic City, N.J., marina