AboutDave Dombek Expertise A weather enthusiast from an early age, Dave Dombek is now an AccuWeather meteorology expert.
Experience Dave received his B.S. degree in meteorology from the Pennsylvania State University in May of 1980.
Dave joined AccuWeather in July of 1980, beginning in the Snow Warning Service late that fall after his few month period of training. Within a short period of time, Dave got involved in radio broadcasting. He spent over 25 years broadcasting forecasts on radio stations throughout the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast states, and has also done newspaper forecasts and television briefings. Currently, Dave is the lead television briefer for all of AccuWeather's television clients in the northeatern quarter of the nation. In his daily forecasting routine, Dave helps coordinate the forecasts in the northeastern part of the country. He is also the Director of Forecaster Hiring and is in charge of hiring new meteorologists. Finally, Dave is the supervisor of the climatology department at AccuWeather.
An avid outdoorsman, Dave enjoys hunting and trout fishing. He also enjoys watching football and is a student of history and current events.
If Dave doesn't already have enough on his plate, he is married with two teenage daughters. He also leads a small Messianic congregation in the State College, Pa. area.
Expert: Dave Dombek Date: 12/12/2007 Subject: wedding weather
Question I see you have answered many questions from brides concerning their wedding weather. I have a garden ceremony planned for 6pm on Saturday, April 19th, 2008, in Alhambra, Illinois (near St. Louis). I know the weather cannot be predicted but could you please tell me what the normal highs and lows are for this and maybe the average rainfall, possibly even winds? I've just recently started freaking that it will be too cold and all the plants will still be dead and it will rain or worse it could snow! I'm just a normal bride stressing out but I'm considering changing my locale, as I can't now change the date. Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
Answer Sam,
The normal high for April 19th is about 68, and the normal low is 48. The record high for that date in St. Louis is 88, set in 1948. The record low is 26, set in 1983.
On average, it rains about once every three days in the month of April.
April is the second windiest month of the year, next to March.
I hope this helped!
