The weather data from the month of April recorded at the official US Weather Service reporting station located next to Grandfather Mountain’s Mile High Swinging Bridge shows normal temperatures and continuing dry weather.
Grandfather Mountain had a total of 28.71 inches of snow for the winter of 2007-2008, down 48 percent from the norm of 55.06 inches for the winter season. There was at least a trace of snow at Grandfather on 28 days.
The first significant snowfall of the winter fell at Grandfather in February.  February 28, also the snowiest day of the winter, brought a total of six inches of snow to the Mountain. 
The snowfall total for the month was 1.8 inches, 55 percent below the 52-year average snowfall total for April of 3.97 inches.
The rainfall total of 3.47 inches for the past month was 1.64 inches, or 32 percent, below the 52-year average rainfall total for April of 5.11 inches. Rain for the year-to-date totals 16.13 inches, which is 3.86 inches (or 19 percent) below the 52-year norm for this time of year. 
The average high temperature of 53.93 degrees was 0.18 degrees warmer than normal for April, and the average low temperature of 37.81 degrees was .84 degrees above normal for this time of year.
Two daily low temperature records were broken at the end of the month.  A low temperature of 19 degrees April 29 broke the previous record of 26 degrees set on that day in 1961.  The next day a reading of 23 degrees broke the previous record of 29 degrees set on April 30, 1980.
The coldest temperature from October 2007 through April 2008 was minus four degrees January 20.  The warmest temperature experienced during the winter was 68 degrees on April 19.
Grandfather Mountain was not able to record wind everyday this winter due to technical problems with the anemometer and construction to the Top Shop building.  Luckily, the equipment was able to document record breaking winds in February.
Wind gusts recorded by the new anemometer located on the Mile High Swinging Bridge did break 100 mph for the first time February 10.
The highest three-second gust measured by the anemometer clocked in at 107 mph at 4:42 p.m.  Between the time period of 6:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. that night, the winds measured by the anemometer were sustained at 80 to 90 mph.