April 2022 ranked 50th coolest on record. The cool bias was driven by all-time top-10 Northwest to Upper Midwest chill. Washington observed their 3rd coldest April on record. Meanwhile, the Southwest U.S. including Texas observed all-time top-10 warmest months of April. Elsewhere temperatures were generally near warm. Exceptions were anomalous warm California and Florida plus New England.

Operational models are forecasting extreme rainfall over Queensland this week. The wet weather extends to New South Wales. Additionally, some wet weather is also forecast for far southwestern continent.

Currently, the Gulf of Mexico is warming rapidly. The regional SSTA is +0.76C and about half of that anomalous warmth has generated during the past 2 weeks.

Widespread 100's develops across Texas this weekend into early next week as drought conditions helping to inspire the anomalous heat worsen. Additionally, drought worsens due to high wind in the 6-10-day period.